Connectivity Scorecard › Australia | Nokia Siemens Networks
Nokia Siemens Networks
Study created by Professor Leonard Waverman, London Business School, and economic consulting firm LECG, commissioned by Nokia Siemens Networks.
Australia
Connectivity
score 5.90
Executive Summary
Australia is a strong performer on the Connectivity Scorecard, finishing 7th out of a peer group of 16 'innovation-driven' economies. Australia achieves a score of 5.9 out of 10, indicating that while the country is an above-average performer, like all the countries in our sample there are many dimensions of Australia’s connectivity performance that are below current 'best performance' levels.
Australia Connectivity Performance by Scorecard Component
Areas of strength
Australia's strongest performance is in consumer usage and skills, in particular, Internet usage and consumer spending on software
Business infrastructure measures - business combined spending on hardware and software, and PC penetration
Areas for improvement
Consumer infrastructure - 3G and broadband penetration
Business usage - low levels of spending on IP and managed data services