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The Role of FLAG Internet Infrastructure
in Bridging the Digital Divide
The Arab Regional Workshop
IP Application and Digital Divide
Tunis, Tunisia June 17-19 2003
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FLAG’s Global Network
US
2.5Gbps
wavelength
FA-1
6 fibre pairs, dual cable system up
to 2 x 2.4 Tbps
3 self-healing, high-capacity loops
14,500 route km
FNAL
6 fibre pairs, using
DWDM technology to
offer up to 3.8 Tbps
Most segments can
carry 64 x 10 Gbps
wavelengths
10,000 route km
Trans-Pacific
26 x STM-1s
VPoPs
IRAN - Tehran
PAKISTAN - Karachi
EGYPT - Cairo
FEA
2 fibre pairs, 10Gbps system
DWDM up to 40Gbps on some sections
>28,000 route km
Currently being upgraded...
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FLAG’s Global IP Network
SFINX
LINX
XchangePoint
PAIX
San Francisco
New York
AMS-IX
London Amsterdam
Paris
Frankfurt
Tehran
Madrid
NYIIX
DE-CIX
ESPANIX
JPIX
KINX
Karachi Seoul
Cairo
Tokyo
Hong Kong
CRIX
Singapore
HKIX
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FLAG’s Middle East Network
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List Submarine Cable Capacity
Trends by Route, 1999-2005
tbps
3.5
3.0
2.5
2.0
1.5
Trans-Atlantic
1.0
0.5
0.0
2005 2004
2003 2002
2001 2000
1999
Trans-Pacific
Inra-Asia
U.S.-Latin America
Europe-Africa-Asia
Source: TeleGeography research Inc. 2003
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The World Online
200
190.9
187.2
182.7
150
100
33.3
50
6.3
5.1
0
Europe
Source: NUA Survey, Sep. 2002
Asia-Pacific
Canada &
United States
Latin
America
Africa
Middle East
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Internet Penetration - Middle East
Country
UAE
Bahrain
Qatar
Kuwait
Lebanon
Jordan
Oman
Tunisia
Saudi Arabia
Palestine
Egypt
Libya
Morocco
Iran
Algeria
Pakistan
Syria
Sudan
Yemen
Iraq
Population (M)
No. of Internet Users*
2.65
0.70
0.79
2.11
3.61
5.31
2.71
9.81
23.51
3.31
70.71
5.58
31.17
66.62
32.28
147.66
900,000
140,000
98,000
230,000
360,000
280,000
120,000
400,000
610,000
93,000
680,000
30,000
400,000
420,000
190,000
1,200,000
17.15
37.09
19.11
24.00
60,000
56,000
25,000
30,000
Source: TeleGeography Inc., WMRC, ITU
Internet Users as a %age of Population
34%
20%
12%
11%
10%
5%
4%
4%
3%
3%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
0.3%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
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International Internet Bandwidth for
Asian Subregions, 2002
East Asia
4%
South Asia
2%
Middle East
3%
Top 8 Countries
91%
The top eight countries are Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, South Korea, Australia,
and New Zealand. East Asia includes the remaining countries of East and Southeast Asia as well as
the Oceanic islands. Data as of mid-2002.
Source: TeleGeography research Inc. 2002
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Access And Connectivity In
Middle East
– International Bandwidth:
• Capacity Units;
• Landings Stations;
• Resilience and Diversification;
• Reach & Coverage (PoP).
– Regional Networks:
• Inter Regional Links;
• Interconnection & Transit Charges;
• Regional Internet Exchanges.
– Access (Last Mile):
• ADSL;
• Cable Modems;
• Wi-Fi Wireless;
– Local Content
•Personal Computers & Public Access;
•National ICT Regulations.
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Broadband Access
• 40 Millions Residential Broadband Worldwide
Europe
16
Asia Pacific
37
Americas
47
Source: McKinsey
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Broadband Access
Continue……..
•Broadband Users Usage Patterns
•Longer On-Line Time;
•Access to more Entertainment & Media Applications.
29.5
22.1
19.1
17.5
15
Narrowband users
11.8
8.7
Broadband users
4.9
Movies
(streaming
Video)
Source: McKinsey
Music
(streaming
Audio)
News TV (streaming
(streaming audio and
audio and
Video)
video)
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Path of the Internet Revolution
Acceleration of the
Networked World
Multimedia
Business to Consumer
E-commerce
Business to Business
E-commerce
Content &
Aggregation
Software & Services
Infrastructure
Time
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Network Dimensioning
Evolution of the average required bandwidth per user (kbit/s)
400
350
Video
SOHOs / SMEs
300
Compression improvements
250
200
150
High Speed
Internet Access
100
50
PC Multimedia
0
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
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Thank You
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