FCC Launches International Broadband Comparison

The FCC sent letters to various countries asking them for information about developments in their broadband Internet market. The Commission said it is interested in obtaining broadband data at more granular levels, for example, by city, county, state, province or prefecture, and is interested in demographic and socioeconomic data at comparable unit levels. Letters were sent to South Africa, Singapore, South Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, Nigeria, Canada, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, and United Kingdom.