South Korea and Japan 

Commenting, Antony Walker, CEO of the Broadband Stakeholder Group, Director of Strategy at Intellect, and one of the Mission participants, said:

“ It is easy to dismiss Japan and Korea as irrelevant as both markets are very different to the UK. However, there is a lot that we can learn from their experience in terms of government policy, regulation, commercial experience and consumer trends."

“ Both markets are more advanced than the UK, but perhaps not quite as advanced in terms of content and applications as some might have predicted. However, as the take-up of much faster fixed and mobile broadband services increases, the question is whether they are heading for the kind of tipping point that could see both markets accelerate away from the UK and other European markets. It is still too soon to know for sure, but both countries are continuing to invest in and priorities global leadership in ICT. The UK should keep a close eye on these markets over the next 9 to 18 months."

See the report:

Exploiting the Broadband Opportunity: Lessons from South Korea and Japan (pdf 1480KB)

Erratum: comments and corrections to the report

Presentations:

DTI Global Watch Overview - Philip White, DTI Global Watch Service (pdf 800KB)

Introduction - Philip Graf, BSG (pdf 640KB)

'Policy, Regulation & Infrastructure' - Mike Short, 02, and Prof. Rahim Tafazolli, University of Surrey (pdf 740KB)

'Consumer Trends' - Stella Creasey, BBC (pdf 680KB)

'Applications Development' - Bill Jones, Global Village Limited (pdf 650KB)

Conclusions and Recommendations - Antony Walker, Intellect and BSG (pdf 670KB)