Global Culture

The Age from Australia has ranked the top Tech capitals of the world, based on a combination of factors such as cost and availability of broadband connectivity, wireless internet access, technology adoption, government support, education and technology culture.

1. Seoul_{South Korea}
2. Singapore_Singapore
3. Tokyo_Japan
4. Hong Kong_China
5. Stockholm_Sweden
6. San Francisco & Silicon Valley_{United States}
7. Tallinn_Estonia
8. New York_{United States}
9. Beijing_China
10. New Songdo City_{South Korea}

Wonder where your city ranks among these? Consider the following facts:

Broadband is available in four out of five Seoul households and costs just $40 a month for speeds up to 100Mbps. Nine out of 10 residents also have mobile phones. [...] Digital mobile TV broadcasting, or Digital Multimedia Broadcasting, was launched in South Korea in 2005 and nearly 2 million Koreans now use the service to watch TV on their phones while riding trains and buses.

Last December the Singapore Government said it would roll out free wireless broadband across the island and more than 400,000 Singaporeans already have registered for the service. The government also plans to deliver wired broadband speeds of up 1Gbps by 2012.

Japan had nearly 8 million fibre-to-the-home broadband subscribers in December 2006 and, according to the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, 75 per cent of Japanese residents enjoy 100Mbps fibre-optic broadband at $30 a month.

Via GigaOM

P.S. As I’m readjusting myself to the new rhythm of fatherhood, you’ll find posts to be austere for the next couple of weeks.