The ITU is 100% wrong on mobile phone penetration, IMHO
The ITU (the International Telecommunication Union, the UN agency that looks after ICT – information and communication technologies) has produced a useful update on ICT facts and figures. The report is well worth reading and shows, amongst other things: As more and more mobile phones are bought, the growth is slowing. In 2005/6 the global growth rate in cellular subscriptions was just under 25%. In 2012/13 it was down to just over 5%. In the developing world the growth has fallen from over 30% in 2005/6 to just over 6% now. None of which is surprising, but it is nice to know the numbers. The internet continues to grow in all regions and globally. With 77% in the developed world having internet access, and 31% in the developing world. Globally just under 3 billion people are using the internet, almost 40% of the population. About 50% of the households with access to the internet are in the developing world (although that is a much lower penetration rate than in the developed world, 28% in the developing world and 78% in the developed world). Fixed-broadband is much cheaper in the developed world than the developing world, although the price has been […]