2017
Affordability
Report
www.a4ai
A global coalition
working to
make broadband
affordable for all
淘宝店铺
“Vivian研报”
首次收集整理
获取最新报告及后续更新服务请在淘宝搜索店铺“Vivian研报”
或直接用手机淘宝扫描下方二维码
Welcome
A4AI is a global alliance of over 80 member
organisations from across the public, private
and not-for-profit sectors in both developed
and developing countries, dedicated to
ensuring afordable internet access for all
through policy and regulatory change.
The Afordability Report represents part of our
ongoing eforts to measure progress toward
afordable internet. The 2017 Afordability
Report looks at the policy frameworks in place
across 58 low- and middle-income countries
to determine what changes countries have
made to drive prices down and expand access
— and what areas they should focus on to
enable afordable connectivity for all.
Last year, our report warned that without
urgent action to accelerate progress, the
global community would not achieve its
goal of afordable, universal internet access
until 2042 — over 20 years past the target
date of 2020. Over 4 billion people are still
ofline today —most of them women, most in
developing countries, and most because they
cannot aford to connect. The consequences
of this digital divide are real: as half the world
reaps the opportunities provided by the digital
revolution, the other half is falling further
behind, undermining development and
entrenching patterns of inequality.
The good news is that we know the policies
that can help us on the path to afordable
access. What we need — now more than ever
— is for policymakers to take the initiative
to develop and implement proven good
practices, alongside public access solutions
that will enable connectivity for those that
cannot aford to pay for data.
We hope that you enjoy this year’s report,
and that the findings presented here prove
valuable to your work. We encourage you
to explore our dedicated online portal at
www.a4ai/afordability-report. We would
also love for you to share with us your thoughts
and experiences implementing policy to
achieve afordable access in your countries —
you can talk to us on Twitter (@a4a_internet)
or Facebook (allianceforafordableinternet), or
by sending us an email. We hope you’ll join us
in our eforts to bring the life-changing benefit
of afordable internet access to billions more
around the globe.
Sonia N. Jorge
Executive Director
Alliance for Afordable Internet, an initiative
of the World Wide Web Foundation
February 2017
Welcome to the 2017 Affordability Report — an in-depth annual
research initiative produced by the Alliance for Affordable
Internet (A4AI).
A4AI Affordability Report 20172
Welcome 2
Executive summary 4
Affordability in 2017: Slow Progress
Means Billions Are Still Excluded 6
Measuring Progress Toward Affordability:
The Affordability Drivers Index 8
Which Countries Top the 2017 ADI11
Who’s Made the Biggest Improvements Since 2016 13
Employing Public Access Solutions
to Close the Digital Divide 14
Public Access Solutions Remain Underutilised and Potential Untapped 16
Public Access Makes Sense: Lessons from Experience 17
Public WiFi: A Big Opportunity to Connect the Unconnected 18
Community Networks: Supporting Public Access by Addressing Market Failures 20
Implementing Policies to Achieve the
“1 for 2” Broadband Affordability Target 22
Foster Market Competition Through Smart Policy 24
Ensure Efective Broadband Planning Turns Into Efective Implementation 25
Implement Innovative Uses of Spectrum Through Transparent Policy 28
Take Urgent Action to Promote Infrastructure and Resource Sharing 29
Make Efective Use of Universal Service and Access Funds (It Is Possible!) 31
Achieving Access Goals Means Prioritising
Broadband Policy Now 34
Appendices 36
Appendix 1: Acknowledgements 37
Appendix 2: Methodology 38
Appendix 3: ADI Results By Income Group 42
Appendix 4: Broadband Policies, by country 44
Appendix 5: Additional Results 46
www.a4ai3
Last year, the global community recognised the importance
of digital equality for socio-economic growth and
opportunity and set a target as part of the new Sustainable
Development Goals: afordable, universal internet access
by 2020. The bad news is that without urgent policy action,
we’ll miss this target by over 20 years. High connectivity
costs remain one of the biggest obstacles to achieving
the universal access pledge. Though broadband prices are
coming down, they simply aren’t falling fast enough, leaving
low income earners and other marginalised populations
unable to aford even a basic connection. Furthermore,
our research shows that the pace of policy change has
been far too slow.
Though internet access has become a
daily expectation for many, this will
mark the frst time that the scales have
tipped toward more of the world being
connected than not. But for the half of
the world that remains offine — mostly
women in developing countries1 — this
means being left even further behind
as the digital revolution steams ahead.
In 2017, the world will mark a
signifcant milestone: 50% global
internet penetration.
Just half of the
countries studied
have public access
policies in place that
are also backed by
financial support for
implementation.
45% of countries
have plans to
facilitate resource
sharing among
telecommunications
companies
(e.g., sharing of
infrastructure,
including towers
and fibre networks);
even where
countries have plans,
implementation is rare.
Only one in three
countries have
detailed, time-bound
plans for making
more spectrum
available to meet
increasing demands.
Universal Service
and Access Funds,
an important tool
to finance strategic
investments in the
sector, either don’t
exist or are dormant in
over a third of
countries.
National broadband
plans to guide the
policy reforms needed
to achieve universal
access have never
been developed or
are badly outdated
in 41% of countries.
45
%
ONLY
Executive Summary
A4AI Affordability Report 20174
。。。以上简介无排版格式，详细内容请下载查看