views expressed are those of the author and may not reflect opinion itu its members or government hong kong special administrative region people s republic china for brevity is referred to as in this presentation contents factors broadband success statistical analysis reasons geography essentially large city 95 live apartments sophistication on internet over 11 years 46 10 population use at least once a month wealth gdp per capita us 25 920 12 th highest world competition 15 suppliers 21 3 14 6 5 9 4 8 korea rep canada taiwan iceland top five economies by subscribers 100 inhabitants 2002 source telecommunication indicators database small compact size fact that lives makes easy wire communications result high coverage availability services total households 2 1 million adsl june cable modem m 85
