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    The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2017
    The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2017
    The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2017
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    The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2017

    By World Bank

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    About this ebook

    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. In 2016, there were more than 7.3 billion mobile-cellular
    subscriptions worldwide. Globally, 3.5 billion people were using the Internet, of which 2.5 billion were from
    developing countries. Mobile-broadband subscriptions have risen constantly to reach 3.6 billion, while the
    number of fixed-broadband subscriptions reached more than 884 million during the same period.

    The impacts of ICTs cross all sectors. Research has shown that investment in information and communication
    technoslogies is associated with sucheconomic benefits as higher productivity, lower costs, new economic
    opportunities, job creation, innovation, and increased trade. ICTS also help provide better services in health
    and education, and strengthen social cohesion. The Little Data Book on Information and Communication
    Technology 2017 Illustrates the progress of this revolution for 217 economies around the world. It provides
    comparable statistics on the sector for 2005 and 2015 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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWorld Bank Publications
    Release dateJan 9, 2017
    ISBN9781464810282
    The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2017

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