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Tag: I T U’s

By end 2013 Mobile-Cellular Subscriptions Will Be almost as many as there are people on the planet

[Geneva], By end 2013 Mobile-Cellular Subscriptions Will Be almost as many as there are people on the planet but even then 1.1 billion households – or 4.4 billion people may remain unconnected.
Mobile broadband over smartphones and tablets has become the fastest growing segment of the global ICT market, according to ITU’s flagship annual report Measuring the Information Society 2013.
[a]By end 2013 there will be 6.8 billion total mobile-cellular subscriptions – almost as many as there are people on the planet.
[b]An estimated 2.7 billion people will also be connected to the Internet – though speeds and prices vary widely, both across and within regions.
[c]Mobile broadband connections over 3G and 3G+ networks are growing at an average annual rate of 40% equating to 2.1 billion mobile-broadband subscriptions and a global penetration rate of almost 30 %. Almost 50 %of all people worldwide are now covered by a 3G network Mobile broadband over smartphones and tablets has become the fastest growing segment of the global ICT market, according to ITU’s flagship annual report Measuring the Information Society 2013.
New figures released today By the I T U’s show buoyant global demand for information and communication technology (ICT) products and services, steadily declining prices for both cellular and broadband services, and unprecedented growth in 3G uptake.
[1].250 million additional people came online in 2012
[2]Republic of Korea tops ICT ranking for 3rd year in a row
[3]By end 2013 40% of the world will be online – but 1.1 billion households – or 4.4 billion people – remain unconnected
[4]Mobile broadband is now more affordable than fixed broadband
[5]Almost the whole world is now within reach of mobile cellular service
[6]30% of the world’s young population are ‘digital natives’
[7]Broadband is getting faster; 2Mbps now most popular basic package
[8]Telco operator CAPEX peaked in 2008; despite economic upturn investment levels have not returned

Information and Communication Technologies Is a positive force for inclusive development

[Geneva] Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), have become a positive force of transformation and a crucial element of any personal development+ empowerment + institutional framework for inclusive development.
A new report released on 24 September 2013 demonstrates how Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), have become a positive force of transformation and a crucial element of any personal development, empowerment and institutional framework for inclusive development.
While the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) represent a concerted effort to address global poverty, there is a striking gap in the current MDGs and their inclusion of persons with disabilities.
The estimated 1 billion persons with disabilities are still excluded from equitable access to resources (education, healthcare, etc.) and as a result persons with disabilities experience disproportionately high rates of poverty. In spite of the conclusion of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2006, disability remains largely invisible in most mainstream development processes.
Source :I T Us/New report from UN Broadband Commission for Digital Development, G3ICT, IDA, ITU, Microsoft, the Telecentre.org Foundation and UNESCO
The ICT Opportunity for a Disability-Inclusive Development Framework”

first ‘digital generation will discuss the problems of cybercriminals:ITU

[Geneva,] Hundreds Of talented young people from around the world will gather this September in San José, Costa Rica Around the world, and will discuss crucial issues facing the first truly ‘digital generation.
Present generation is no doubt equipped with latest technology but it is also universal fact that they are facing challenges from cybercriminals+unprincipled data mining organizations etc.To find out a way, this debate has been organised by International Telecommunication Union .
young people are the most ardent adopters of information and communication technologies (ICTs). Under 25s now use ICT devices as their main means of exchanging personal information, their primary channel to news and happenings, and their central repository of sensitive data like banking details, online passwords and health information. Is new technology empowering them – or is it enslaving them by setting them up as prey to cybercriminals, unprincipled data mining organizations, and worse?
Around 500 talented young people from around the world will gather this September in San José, Costa Rica to debate these and other crucial issues facing the first truly ‘digital generation’.