The Mobile/Internet top 20: The criteria

NEWS The International Telecommunication Union writes: "Each economy's score on the Mobile/Internet Index falls between a maximum of 100 and a minimum of 0. The Index is a composite of 26 separate indicators clustered into factors of infrastructure, usage and market structure. These three clusters of variables together determine how economies stand to benefit from ICTs. The clusters are formed in a two-part process. First, each of the 26 variables is standardised (reported as a percentage of the highest observation). Second, the standardised variables in each cluster are averaged to come up with a cluster score for each economy. Finally, the three cluster scores are weighted and aggregated with 50 per cent of the weight going to infrastructure, 25 per cent for usage and the remaining 25 per cent for market structure. The final, aggregated score is then scaled between 100 and 0." Physical network infrastructure Fixed - Fixed lines per 100 inhabitants
Mobile - Mobile cellular subscribers per 100 inhabitants
Users - Estimated Internet users per 100 inhabitants
PCs - Personal computers per 100 inhabitants
Bandwidth - International internet bandwidth (Mbits) (Telegeography/ITU)
Broadband - Broadband subscribers per 100 inhabitants (OECD/ITU)
Leased lines - Number of leased lines in the country in Dec of the year (Netcraft)
2.5G deployment - Does the economy have a 2.5G mobile network in operation?
3G licence - Has the economy licensed 3G?
3G deployment - Does the economy have a 3G mobile network in operation? Network usage Roaming - Roaming agreements (based on main operator)
ISPs - Number of ISPs in the country (Source: Netcraft)
Secure socket layers - Number of servers using SSL encryption > 40 bits (Source: Netcraft)
Mobile cost basket - Subscription + 30 three-minute, local, peak calls a month
Internet cost basket - 30 hours of monthly residential Internet access (PSTN and ISP charges)
Revenue - Telecom revenue per capita (US$ per annum) Market conditions Private - Is the incumbent public (0) or privatised (1)?
Years private - For how many years has the incumbent been private?
Separate regulator - Is there a separate regulator? Yes =1, No = 0.
Years separate - For how many years has the regulator been separate?
Local calls market - What is the market structure for local services?
Long-distance market - What is the market structure for long distance?
Int'l calls market - What is the market structure for international calls?
Mobile market - What is the market structure for cellular?
Leased lines market - What is the market structure for leased lines?
ISP market - What is the market structure for internet service providers?