The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2014
Since the late 1990s access to information and communication technologies (ICTs) has seen tremendous growth driven primarily by the wireless technologies and liberalization of telecommunications markets. Mobile communications have evolved from simp...
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| Format: | Publications & Research |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/19591442/little-data-book-information-communication-technology-2014 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18427 |
| Summary: | Since the late 1990s access to
information and communication technologies (ICTs) has seen
tremendous growth driven primarily by the wireless
technologies and liberalization of telecommunications
markets. Mobile communications have evolved from simple
voice and text services to diversified innovative
applications and mobile broadband Internet. By the end of
2013, there were an estimated 6.8 billion mobile-cellular
subscriptions globally. The number of individuals using the
Internet has risen constantly and reached an estimated 2.7
billion while the number of fixed (wired)- broadband
subscriptions reached almost 700 million at the end of 2013.
The Little Data Book on Information and Communication
Technology 2014 illustrates the progress of this revolution
for 214 economies around the world. It provides comparable
statistics on the sector for 2005 and 2012 across a range of
indicators, enabling readers to readily compare economies.
This book includes indicators covering the economic and
social context, the structure of the information and
communication technology sector, sector efficiency and
capacity, and sector performance related to access, usage,
quality, affordability, trade, and applications. The
glossary contains definitions of the terms used in the tables. |
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