Malaysian Broadband is ‘Below Today’s Applications Threshold’: Broadband Quality Study 2009

According to the latest global Broadband Quality Study, three Asian countries – South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong – are world leaders in providing top quality consumer broadband services.
The Study is conducted by the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford and the University of Oviedo’s Department of Applied Economics; sponsored by Cisco. To determine the Broadband Quality Score, the researchers analyzed a total of 24 million records sourced from broadband tests using Speedtest.net (Ookla) during May 2008 and May – July 2009
This year, the study covers a total of 66 countries (and 13 are from Asia); additional 24 countries compared to 2008, plus new analysis on broadband quality in more than 240 cities. In terms of Broadband Leadership score, among Asian countries, Malaysia is behind South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan; ahead of China and India.

Asian Countries and Broadband Leadership, Broadband Quality Score and Penetration 2009

Rank	Asian Country	Overall Broadband Leadership	Broadband Quality Score 2009	Broadband Penetration (% Households)
1	South Korea	139	66	97
2	Japan	115	64	64
3	Hong Kong	111	33	99
7	Singapore	107	32	96
23	Taiwan	85	34	68
48	Malaysia	46	23	30
49	China	46	26	24
56	Philippines	36	23	8
57	Thailand	35	23	4
58	Vietnam	35	21	15
60	Pakistan	33	22	1
62	India	31	20	3
63	Indonesia	31	21	1

In the Broadband Leadership Matrix, Malaysia is placed in between ‘Leap Frog’ group and ‘Catch up’ group.

Malaysia is among the countries with the slowest download speed; only faster than South Africa, Tunisia, India, Indonesia, Egypt, Nigeria and Kenya.

Download Speed, by Country

In terms of Broadband Quality Score, Malaysia is in the ‘Below Today’s Applications Threshold’ category.

Broadband Quality Score, by Country