This IDC study analyzes the Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) regional market for Internet access and Internet Protocol (IP) value-added services (VAS). It covers the key markets of Australia, Hong Kong, India, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, the People's Republic of China (PRC), Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand. Market sizing and forecasts are provided for dial up and broadband services, in terms of both subscribers and revenue. The market opportunity for IP VAS is provided in revenue terms.

"The APEJ Internet access services market continues to enjoy high rates of growth, buoyed by the recovering economy throughout the region as well as a big boost from two of the region's largest growth economies, the PRC and India," said Lau Chi-Weng, Senior Analyst, Telecommunications Research, IDC Asia/Pacific. "Underpinning the growth has been tremendous take-up of broadband access services across the region, with Korea and Hong Kong leading the market in terms of competition and penetration.