「寬頻」在最近幾年已經成為一個大家耳熟能詳的通用語彙,特別是位於東亞的韓國、香港、台灣及新加坡,早就以寬頻高普及率的成果再度繼所謂的亞洲經濟四小龍(Asia Tiger)之後,又成為所謂的寬頻四小龍。
Izumi Aizu服務於日本的Asia Network Research中心,他特別對亞洲這四個經濟體的網路發展進行研究,在一篇他所發表的研究報告中「A Comparative Study of Broadband in Asia: Deployment and
Policy」,幾個統計數據,可以清楚的描繪出這幾個地區的網路發展情形:
Table 1 Internet Penetration in
East Asia (2002) |
Country
|
Number of Users (Thousands)
|
Penetration Per Population
(%) |
Hong Kong |
4,310 |
59.0 |
USA |
161,140 |
58.5 |
Korea |
24,380 |
56.6 |
Singapore |
2,260 |
50.8 |
Japan |
49,720 |
39.2 |
Taiwan |
7,820 |
35.1 |
Source: NUA
Internet Survey (www.nua.com) |
Table 2 Internet Penetration and
GDP Coefficient (2000) |
Country |
Users
(1,000) |
Penetration
(%) |
Population
(1,000) |
GDP*Per Capita(USD) |
GDP Coefficient** |
USA |
153,840 |
55.3 |
278,357 |
30,600 |
18.06 |
Singapore |
1,850 |
51.9 |
3,567 |
29,610 |
17.52 |
Hong Kong |
3,460 |
49.9 |
6,927 |
23,520 |
21.24 |
Australia |
8,420 |
44.6 |
18,886 |
20,050 |
22.24 |
New Zealand |
1,490 |
38.6 |
3,862 |
13,780 |
28.00 |
Korea |
16,400 |
35.0 |
46,844 |
8,490 |
41.24 |
Japan |
38,640 |
30.5 |
126,714 |
32,230 |
9.46 |
Taiwan |
6,400 |
29.4 |
21,780 |
12,040 |
24.41 |
Malaysia |
1,500 |
6.7 |
22,244 |
3,400 |
19.83 |
Thailand |
1,000 |
1.63 |
61,399 |
1,960 |
8.31 |
China |
16,900 |
1.32 |
1,277,558 |
780 |
16.96 |
Brunei |
4 |
1.22 |
328 |
25,000 |
0.49 |
Pakistan |
1,200 |
0.77 |
156,483 |
470 |
16.32 |
Philippines |
500 |
0.66 |
75,967 |
1,020 |
6.45 |
India |
4,500 |
0.44 |
1,013,662 |
450 |
9.87 |
Sri Lanka |
65 |
0.35 |
18,827 |
820 |
4.21 |
Indonesia |
400 |
0.19 |
212,107 |
580 |
3.25 |
Nepal |
35 |
0.15 |
23,930 |
220 |
6.65 |
Vietnam |
100 |
0.13 |
79,832 |
370 |
3.39 |
Mongolia |
3 |
0.11 |
2,662 |
350 |
3.22 |
Lao |
2 |
0.04 |
5,433 |
280 |
1.31 |
Bhutan |
0.5 |
0.02 |
2,124 |
390 |
0.60 |
Bangladesh |
30 |
0.02 |
129,155 |
370 |
0.63 |
完整英文報告請查詢: http://www.anr.org/web/html/output/2002/broadbandasia522.htm
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