Increasing Broadband Internet Penetration
In the OIC Member Countries
74
Lines per 100
population Total Lines Share ADSL(% )
Share Cable
modem ( %)
Share Fiber
Optics (%)
Other Fixed
(*)(%) Maldives 6.47 23,175 72.96 20.84 2.30 3.89
Palestine (**) 6.03 274,500 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Oman 5.61 233,234 70.11 0.00% 0.00 29.89
Algeria 5.57 2,263,284 94.93 0.00% 0.01 5.05
Egypt 4.52 3,826,410 98.72 0.00% 0.00 1.28
Tunisia 4.34 487,923 96.84 0.00% 0.41 2.75
Jordan 4.16 320,205 60.66 0.00% 2.54 36.80
Kyrgyzstan 3.71 211,521 39.85 30.12% 29.62 0.40
Uzbekistan 3.57 1,060,645 38.75 0.00% 8.03 53.22
Morocco 3.38 1,147,533 98.87 0.00% 0.19 0.94
Syria 3.14 700,000 73.91 0.00% 0.00 26.09
Bangladesh 2.41 3,865,911 0.57 0.10% 67.89 31.44
Djibouti 2.33 20,962 21.64 0.00% 0.00 78.36
Yemen 1.55 395,000 100.00 0.00% 0.00 0.00
Kuwait 1.37 49,093 100.00 0.00% 0.00 0.00
Indonesia 1.09 2,785,000 96.77 1.08% 0.00 2.15
Libya 0.97 61,000 0.00 0.00% 0.00 100.00
Pakistan 0.95 1,793,199 72.69 2.08% 0.74 24.49
Togo 0.92 65,971 76.34 0.00% 0.00 23.66
Somalia 0.74 82,000 0.00 0.00% 0.00 100.00
Benin 0.67 73,263 10.21 0.00% 0.00 89.79
Senegal 0.67 100,611 100.00 0.00% 0.00 0.00
Gabon 0.63 11,082 91.56 0.00% 0.00 8.44
Côte d'Ivoire 0.52 109,707 45.38 0.00% 0.27 54.35
Uganda 0.32 128,452 50.27 0.00% 0.00 49.73
Comoros 0.26 2,000 94.65 0.00% 0.00 5.35
Mauritania 0.24 9,638 96.22 0.00% 0.00 3.78
Gambia 0.18 3,573 13.23 0.00% 2.70 84.07
Chad 0.08 11,337 0.00 0.00% 0.00 100.00
Mozambique 0.08 21,697 87.81 0.00% 12.19 0.00
Cameroon 0.07 16,000 100.00 0.00% 0.00 0.00
Sudan 0.07 27,683 41.61 0.00% 9.56 48.83
Tajikistan 0.07 6,000 0.00 100.00% 0.00 0.00
Guinea-Bissau 0.06 1,051 0.00 0.00% 0.00 100.00
Niger 0.06 11,000 0.00 100.00% 0.00 0.00
Turkmenistan 0.06 3,000 0.00 0.00% 0.00 100.00
Burkina Faso 0.04 7,210 91.95 0.00% 0.00 8.05
Mali 0.02 3,499 100.00 0.00% 0.00 0.00
Guinea 0.01 1,000 0.00 0.00% 0.00 100.00
Nigeria 0.01 15,688 100.00 0.00% 0.00 0.00
Afghanistan 0 0 20.00 62.00% 0.00 18.00
Iraq n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
(*) Other fixed broadband subscriptions refers to Internet subscriptions using other fixed (wired)-broadband
technologies to access the Internet (other than DSL; cable modem; and fiber) at downstream speeds equal to or greater
than 256 kbps. This includes technologies such as Ethernet LAN and broadband-over-powerline (BPL) communications.
Source: Regulatory Agencies; International Telecommunications Union; Telecom Advisory Services analysisAs presented in Table 24, ADSL is the prevalent fixed broadband technology across the OIC
Member Countries. Of all 52 million fixed broadband lines, 68% are supported by ADSL
technology, only 2% by cable modem, 17% through fiber optics, and 13% by other fixed
broadband technology (primarily WiMax). Considering that cable modem (in its latest
generations) and fiber optics are the technologies that can provide fast speed broadband, it is
apparent that the OIC Member Countries still have very limited access to the latest generation
of technology. Of the 9.6 million cable modem and fiber optics lines, 2.6 million are in
Bangladesh, 2.1 million in Turkey, 1.1 million in the United Arab Emirates, 1.1 million in Saudi
Arabia, 900,000 in Malaysia, and 900,000 in Kazakhstan. This limited deployment has an