The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has published its latest report ( "The World in 2010" ) on the use of Internet and mobile phones in the world.
The main lessons from this Study:
1. Using mobile phones in the world
In late 2010, there were 5.3 billion cell phone subscriptions including 940 million for 3G services. In developed countries, the mobile market approaching saturation point in terms of rate since the equipment there are, on average, 116 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (a modest growth of 1.6% in one year) .
In contrast, in developing countries, the proportion of subscriptions to mobile phones rose much more sharply from a rate of 53% at the end of 2005 to 73% at the end of 2010.
Among these countries, the continent was down with a average penetration rate of only 41% at the end of 2010, which in fact suggests a reservoir of substantial growth for years to come.
The total number of SMS sent in the world, he tripled between aa 2007 and 2010, from 1800 to 6100 billion, which corresponds to 200 000 SMS sent every second ! 2. Internet use worldwide
The number of Internet users has doubled between 2005 and 2010.
Now, more than two billion people have Internet access (30% of world population).
China has the largest number of Internet users with 420 million.
71% of the population in developed countries is online cons only 21% of the population in developing countries.
Regarding domestic connections (home), half a billion households worldwide (29.5%) have access to the Internet (or 1.6 billion people). In developing countries, 22.5% of households have a computer and only 15.8% of Internet access while in developed countries the ratios reach 71% and 65.6%.
In the Republic of Korea, the Netherlands and Sweden, over 80% of households have Internet access and almost all top rate.
Globally, the number of broadband subscriptions rose from 471 to 555,000,000 in 2010 with, again, large differences between developed and developing countries.
the Press of Adafec (http://adafec.blogspot.com)
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