Overview of NGA development and related policies in China

Executive summary
In a nutshell
Ovum view
Key messages
Broadband market overview
The world’s fastest-growing broadband market
Potential for growth and high ARPU
Fibre deployment on fast track
Mobile broadband drives fibre deployment
Convergent services and fibre
Fibre development model: government partners with operators
Local governments in key role to promote high-speed broadband
Central government keen to bridge the digital divide, but lack of action so far
Big gap in broadband development among regions
Lack of measures to bridge the divide so far
Regulatory barriers to overcome
Barriers to convergence

List of Tables
Table 1: Comparison of some local governments’ digital strategies

List of Figures
Figure 1: Broadband growth in the Chinese market, 2004–09
Figure 2: Chinese digital divide (2008)