1945

Major global trends since 2010 and possible developments beyond 2012

Since the publication of the Word e-Parliament Report in 2010 the evolution of the information society has continued unabated with impressive achievements in terms of ICT growth and penetration. Key statistical highlights released in June 2012 by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) show that total mobile-cellular subscriptions reached almost 6 billion by end of 2011, corresponding to a global penetration of 86 per cent. This growth was driven by developing countries, which accounted for more than 80 per cent of the 660 million new mobile-cellular subscriptions added in 2011. By the end of 2011, there were 105 countries with more mobilecellular subscriptions than inhabitants, including African countries such as Botswana, Gabon, Namibia, Seychelles and South Africa.

Related Subject(s): Democracy and Governance
Sustainable Development Goals:
/content/books/9789210559089s005-c001
dcterms_title,dcterms_subject,pub_keyword
-contentType:Journal -contentType:Contributor -contentType:Concept -contentType:Institution
10
5
This is a required field
Please enter a valid email address
Approval was a Success
Invalid data
An Error Occurred
Approval was partially successful, following selected items could not be processed due to error
aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudW4taWxpYnJhcnkub3JnLw==