Increasing Broadband Internet Penetration
In the OIC Member Countries
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Policy prescriptions for enhancing broadband development in the OIC Member CountriesThe universe of the OIC Member Countries is not homogeneous when it comes to the
challenges faced regarding broadband development. Three broadband development stages
have been identified: 1) advanced supply infrastructure and service adoption, 2) intermediate
development of fixed broadband and 4G mobile network deployment combined with medium
service penetration, and 3) limited infrastructure coverage and low service adoption. OIC
Member Countries can be grouped in these three categories (see table 1).
Table 1: OIC Member Countries: State of broadband supply and demand (2015)
Supply Demand
Fixed Broadband
Coverage (ADSL)
Mobile
Broadband
Coverage (3G)
Mobile
Broadband
Coverage (4G)
Fixed
Broadband
Penetration
(households)
Mobile
Broadband
Penetration
(population) OIC Average 53.33% 64.16% 46.82% 14.95% 29.41% Advanced >70 % Azerbaijan,
Bahrain, Brunei,
Jordan, Kazakhstan,
Lebanon, Malaysia,
Maldives, Oman,
Qatar, Saudi Arabia,
Turkey, UAE,
>70%: Albania,
Azerbaijan,
Bahrain,
Bangladesh,
Brunei, Cote
d’Ivoire; Egypt,
Gabon, Gambia,
Jordan,
Kazakhstan,
Kuwait, Lebanon,
Malaysia,
Maldives,
Morocco, Oman,
Palestine, Qatar,
Saudi Arabia,
Suriname, Syria,
Tunisia, Turkey,
UAE
>70% Kazakhstan,
Kuwait, Pakistan,
Qatar, Saudi
Arabia, UAE
>70% Azerbaijan,
Bahrain,
Lebanon, Qatar,
Saudi Arabia,
UAE
>70% Bahrain, Kuwait,
Libya, Malaysia,
Oman, Qatar,
Saudi Arabia,
Suriname, UAE
Intermediate 70%-40% Kuwait, Palestine,
Suriname 70%-40% Afghanistan,
Algeria, Benin,
Cameroon,
Indonesia, Iran,
Iraq, Kyrgyzstan,
Mozambique,
Nigeria,
Pakistan,
Senegal, Sudan,
Togo, Uganda,
Turkmenistan,
Uzbekistan
70%-40% Jordan, Malaysia,
Morocco, Oman, 70%-40% Brunei,
Kazakhstan,
Malaysia,
Maldives, Oman,
Palestine,
Suriname,
Turkey
70%-40% Albania, Algeria,
Azerbaijan, Cote
d’Ivoire, Egypt,
Indonesia,
Kazakhstan,
Lebanon,
Maldives, Tunisia,
Turkey
Developing <40% Afghanistan,
Albania, Algeria,
Bangladesh, Benin,
Burkina Faso,
Cameroon, Chad,
Comoros, Cote
d’Ivoire, Djibouti,
Egypt, Gabon,
Gambia, Guinea,
Guinea Bissau,
Guyana, Indonesia,
<40% Burkina Faso,
Chad, Comoros,
Djibouti, Guinea,
Guinea Bissau,
Guyana, Libya,
Mali, Niger,
Mauritania,
Sierra Leone,
Somalia,
Tajikistan,
Yemen
<40% Afghanistan,
Albania, Algeria,
Bangladesh, Benin,
Burkina Faso,
Cameroon, Chad,
Comoros, Cote
d’Ivoire, Djibouti,
Egypt, Gabon,
Gambia, Guinea,
Guinea Bissau,
Guyana, Indonesia,
<40% Afghanistan,
Albania, Algeria,
Bangladesh,
Benin, Burkina
Faso, Cameroon,
Chad, Comoros,
Cote d’Ivoire,
Djibouti, Egypt,
Gabon, Gambia,
Guinea, Guinea-
Bissau, Guyana,
<40% Afghanistan,
Bangladesh,
Benin, Brunei,
Burkina Faso,
Cameroon, Chad,
Comoros,
Djibouti, Gabon,
Gambia, Guinea,
Guyana, Iran, Iraq,
Jordan,
Kyrgyzstan, Mali,