IP Transit Pricing Trends in Asia

Across Asia, increasing demand, new network investment, and widespread service availability are fueling rapid price erosion for IP transit services.

This IP transit market analysis breaks down regional pricing trends across Asia and is powered by data and analysis in TeleGeography's IP Networks Research Service.

IP transit prices across Asia

Asia encompasses a wide mix of geographies and price trends, from the extremely competitive hubs of Hong Kong, Singapore, and Tokyo, to the rapidly growing markets of South Asia and India. 

Between 2023 and 2026, across all the cities in Asia that we track, weighted median 10 and 100 GigE IP transit prices decreased 17% and 22%, respectively, compounded annually.

Regional hubs

Singapore, Hong Kong, and Tokyo house a multitude of global and regional providers and ample venues for traffic exchange. As such, the three cities report the most competitive pricing in the region. Across all three markets, 100 GigE port prices decreased an average of 15% compounded annually between 2023 and 2026, with weighted median prices ranging from $0.25 in Hong Kong to $0.28 per Mbps in Tokyo. Singapore, which reports the fastest growth rates among the primary hubs, was $0.26 per Mbps. Across all three cities, low prices extend down to $0.15, with a significant number of providers recently making cuts to position themselves at the lower end of the range.

Carriers also report increasing demand in Taiwan, and prices have dropped 23% compounded annually between 2023 and 2026. In 2026, the weighted median 100 GigE price in Taipei was $0.42 per Mbps. That’s 1.6 times the price of a comparable port in Singapore, compared to 2.3 times the price just three years ago.

Weighted Median 100 GigE IP Transit Prices in Asian Hubs

Notes: Each line represents the weighted median price per Mbps in the listed city. Prices are in USD and exclude local access and installation fees. 100 Gigabit Ethernet (100 GigE) = 100,000 Mbps.

Unlike the U.S. and Europe, very few 400 GigE port sales are reported in Asia. And carriers are still refining their pricing models. For those providers who have set 400 GigE prices, price multiples were approximately 3.4 times the price for 4 times the capacity.

Beyond regional hubs—South Asia, South Korea, & India

IP transit prices quickly escalate outside regional hubs. This reflects the varying levels of demand, competition, and government regulation in each market. Additionally, the incremental cost of underlying subsea capacity to access internet hubs, such as Singapore or the U.S., also drives local connectivity costs in these markets.

Weighted Median 100 GigE IP Transit Port Prices & CAGR Price Decline in Asia

This figure above compares weighted median 100 GigE IP transit port prices (the dark blue columns) and the CAGR price decline between 2023 and 2026 (red circle). A wide range of price points and trends are reported. Let's take a closer look:

• Markets in South Asia exhibit some of the highest rates of regional traffic growth and price erosion. In Jakarta and Manila, 100 GigE prices dropped 52% and 39%, compounded annually since 2023 to $1.21 and $2.25, respectively. Steep price reductions in these markets are a reflection of cuts in the underlying cost of capacity as well as a number of providers expanding their network presence increasing competition.
  
  
• India has historically been one of the region’s most expensive destinations for IP transit, due to a combination of strict government regulations, fewer providers offering transit, and high underlying operating costs. However, prices have significantly declined. Weighted median 100 GigE prices in Mumbai decreased 35% compounded annually over the last three years to $0.97 per Mbps. That’s just 3.7 times more expensive than a port in Singapore, compared to 9.2 times the price just three years ago. With the planned introduction of international capacity to India over the next few years, as well as strong demand, connectivity costs should continue to decline and come in line with other key Asian markets.
  
  
• South Korea is a unique case compared to the other markets highlighted in this figure and presents challenges for many international IP transit providers. In Seoul, government regulations that mandate the commercial terms of domestic interconnection and peering have kept IP transit prices relatively high for such a rapidly growing market. In Q2 2026, 100 GigE prices were $0.82 per Mbps. That’s a 4% compound annual decline since 2023, the slowest rate of erosion of the markets featured here.

With increasing customer requirements, 100 GigE ports now represent a majority of sales in the cities featured above. Price multiples, however, remain high when upgrading from 10 GigE. For example, in Manila and Jakarta, 100 GigE ports were 9.4 and 8.1 times the price of a 10 GigE port. This represents a significantly smaller cost savings to upgrade than the price multiple reported in Singapore (6). As demand and volumes increase, multiples should continue to erode across the region, making it easier for customers to upgrade their networks.

Looking ahead

IP transit prices continue to decline throughout Asia, but price points and trends vary by market. Singapore, Hong Kong, and Tokyo continue to maintain the lowest prices on offer as customers continue to move to high capacity services. While sales are currently limited, providers are rolling out 400 GigE services across their backbone in response to increasing requirements from cloud service providers and ISPs. Outside of these hubs, service providers continue to expand their network footprints into South Asia and India. This–combined with reductions in the underlying cost of transport to hubs–has dramatically reduced IP transit costs in secondary markets. With a number of new network projects underway in Asia, we can expect to see price erosion continue for the foreseeable future.

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