Written by Andrew Wooden
The World Broadband Association has put out a listing of the top performing countries in the cloud and broadband sectors, in which the US comes out on top.
The Broadband and Cloud Development Index tracks the development and overall performance of the two sectors across 21 countries from five continents. In terms of its methodology, it generates a score based on access, usage, application, and potential. The results of the study were announced at Network X, taking place this week in Paris.
The US came out top trumps in the report, which cited an increase in government funding in broadband since the pandemic, and stated that it is ‘the clear global leader in the cloud market.’
Second was China which the report says stands out as the only country to achieve a top ranking despite having a GDP per capita well below the index average. Similarly, the report says that it has benefited from government and industry initiatives that have propelled the cloud and broadband markets there.
Germany was singled out as performing less well relative to its overall economic standing, ranked 12th with a ‘below-average’ score in broadband, with a rate of 6% FTTH broadband penetration, which it says is on a par with levels in India and South Africa. The report says that its performance in broadband is a concern given it is the fourth-largest economy in the world. Other advanced European markets the report deems to have below-average broadband penetration scores include Switzerland, the Netherlands and Italy.
