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Global ICT Developments:

• Especially developments in the mobile sector have been able to change the ICT landscape. By the end of 2007, almost one out of two people had a mobile phone. In Europe, penetration has surpassed the 100% mark. More than one out of 4 African and one out of 3 Asian have a mobile phone. A high level of competition and a decrease in prices have been able to reduce the digital divide in mobile telephone, substantially.
• Especially in Africa, where mobile is clearly dominating, fixed telephone lines remain the exception and penetration is at 3 per 100 inhabitants, by far the lowest in the world. The limited availability of fixed lines has also been a barrier to the uptake of fixed broadband and it is most likely that Africa’s broadband market will be dominated by mobile broadband. ITU started collecting data on mobile broadband subscribers in 2005 and data show that while uptake is on the rise, the rollout of mobile broadband services is concentrated in the developed world. Falling prices and the increasing licensing and availability of 3G is expected to change this over the coming years.
• The digital divide remains a major problem in terms of Internet and especially broadband uptake. While fixed broadband penetration is growing rapidly and has reached around 15 and 10 percent in Europe and the Americas, it stands at less than half a percent in Africa. Internet use, in general, remains low in Africa especially, where only 5 percent of the population is online, compared to over 40 percent in Europe, the Americas, and Oceania.

Developed versus developing economies: trends over time

• The fixed line sector remains the least dynamic sector and while the number of fixed lines have actually been falling in developed countries, the are growing only very slowly in the developing world, where (at 16%) they remain at a low level.
• Mobile growth remains strongest in the developing world. By end 2007, 45 out of 100 inhabitants in the developing world have a mobile phone.
• Contrary to what is happening in the mobile sectors, Internet use is not growing as quickly in the developing world as in the developed world. By the end of 2007, less than one out of five people living in the developing world were online, compared to over 60 percent of people in the developed world.
• ITU data suggest that the number of ‘unconnected’ (by early 2008) is substantial:
  • About half of the world’s population (over three billion) does not have a mobile phone
  • An estimated 5.2 billion people are not using the Internet.
  • By the end of 2007, ITU estimates that about 20 percent of the world's population are not covered by a mobile cellular network and are without basic access to ICTs.

Fixed telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
Mobile telephone subscribers per 100 inhabitants
Internet users per 100 inhabitants

Availability of ICTs in villages

In 2006 AFRICA

In 2006, the AMERICAS region

In 2006 in ASIA-PACIFIC

EUROPE/CIS in 2004