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 348 / 356
service to neighboring countries.
Bhutan general assessment: telecommunications facilities are poor.
domestic: very low teledensity; domestic service is very poor especially in rural areas;
wireless service available since 2003.
international: country code - 975; international telephone and telegraph service via
landline and microwave relay through India; satellite earth station - 1.
Brunei general assessment: service throughout the country is excellent; international service
is good to Southeast Asia, Middle East, Western Europe, and the US.
domestic: every service available.
international: country code - 673; landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-3 optical
telecommunications submarine cable that provides links to Asia, the Middle East, and
Europe; the Asia-America Gateway submarine cable network, scheduled for
completion by late 2008, will provide new links to Asia and the US; satellite earth
stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean).
Burma
(Myanmar)
general assessment: barely meets minimum requirements for local and intercity
service for business and government; international service is fair.
domestic: NA
international: country code - 95; landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-3 optical
telecommunications submarine cable that provides links to Asia, the Middle East, and
Europe; satellite earth stations - 2, Intelsat (Indian Ocean), and ShinSat.
Cambodia general assessment: mobile-phone systems are widely used in urban areas to bypass
deficiencies in the fixed-line network; fixed-line connections stand at well less than 1
per 100 persons; mobile-cellular usage, aided by increasing competition among
service providers, is increasing and stands at about 8 per 100 persons.
domestic: adequate landline and/or cellular service in Phnom Penh and other
provincial cities; mobile-phone coverage is rapidly expanding in rural areas.
international: country code - 855; adequate but expensive landline and cellular service
available to all countries from Phnom Penh and major provincial cities; satellite earth
station - 1 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region).
China general assessment: domestic and international services are increasingly available for
private use; unevenly distributed domestic system serves principal cities, industrial
centers, and many towns; China continues to develop its telecommunications
infrastructure, and is partnering with foreign providers to expand its global reach; 3 of
China's 6 major telecommunications operators are part of an international consortium
which, in December 2006, signed an agreement with Verizon Business to build the first
next-generation optical cable system directly linking the US mainland and China.
domestic: interprovincial fiber-optic trunk lines and cellular telephone systems have
been installed; mobile-cellular subscribership is increasing rapidly; broadband Internet
subscribership reached 50 million in 2006; a domestic satellite system with 55 earth
stations is in place.
international: country code - 86; a number of submarine cables provide connectivity to
Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the US; satellite earth stations - 5 Intelsat (4 Pacific