Digital Connectivity Bridging Digital ASEAN

International Journal of Economics and Management Pub Date : 2023-04-14 DOI:10.47836/ijeam.17.1.10

Mei-Teing Chong, Chin-Hong Puah, Shazali Abu Mansor, CHEE-SIONG Teh

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Abstract

The world is changing rapidly with the adoption of sophisticated digital technology. The foremost tool for digital technology operation is digital connectivity infrastructure. To unleash the potential of the digital economy in ASEAN countries, the foundation is upgrading its digital connection, which is a key part of making digitalization feasible. This study identified five factors that contributed to the digital connectivity of ten ASEAN countries and used them to calculate the overall score of each country to show its performance in terms of digital connectivity. The competitive analysis results of the five digital connectivity enablers in each country show their respective strengths and shortcomings. Myanmar made the greatest progress in overall digital connectivity, due to its engaging in national regulatory reforms and focusing connectivity developments after realizing the need to improve their ICT infrastructure. There is still much room for improvement in the network performance of ASEAN countries; among all ten countries, only Singapore has reached a very satisfactory level. Striving to narrow the digital connectivity development gap would be an important agenda item for all ASEAN countries.

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数字连接架起数字东盟的桥梁

随着先进数字技术的采用，世界正在迅速变化。数字技术运行的首要工具是数字连接基础设施。为了释放东盟国家数字经济的潜力，基金会正在升级其数字连接，这是实现数字化的关键部分。本研究确定了影响十个东盟国家数字连通性的五个因素，并用它们来计算每个国家的总体得分，以显示其在数字连通性方面的表现。每个国家的五个数字连接推动者的竞争分析结果显示了各自的优势和不足。缅甸在整体数字互联互通方面取得了最大进展，这是由于该国在意识到需要改善其信息通信技术基础设施后，参与了国家监管改革，并将互联互通发展作为重点。东盟国家网络性能仍有很大提升空间;在这十个国家中，只有新加坡达到了非常令人满意的水平。努力缩小数字互联互通发展差距将是东盟各国的重要议题。

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International Journal of Economics and Management Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Economics, Econometrics and Finance (all)

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