WORLDWIDE MARKET RESEARCH REPORT - CISE

EC/IST FP6 Project No 026920
Work Package: 6
Type of document: Report
Date: 20.12.2007
File name: OP_WP6_D37_V1.0.doc Version: 1.0
Title: Worldwide Market Research Report 248 / 356
introduced projects of sizes comparable to leading international installations started in the
first years of this decade, this can actually be our benefit. This is because we can actually
draw on technical advances and commence activities based on third generation technology
with much higher performance and far better cost structure.
5.5 Asia
5.5.1 Introduction
Demographic, economic, social and technological changes continue to change the Asian
region (continent and Asian Pacific region) from a predominantly rural region to a
predominantly “connected” region. The Asian region, as a whole, is experiencing a rapid
development and improvement of its infrastructures; in the transport, energy,
telecommunications, social services systems – and at favorable speeds as compared to
other world regions in the digital divide categories, as reflected below:
5.5.1.1 Digital Divide Comparison
Figure 5-39 Telephone line growth by region (ITU)