UN Says 2.7 Billion People Will Be Online By Year's End

UNITED NATIONS: Around a pair of.7 billion individuals -- forty p.c of the world's population -- are going to be connected to the web by the tip of 2013, the international organization aforesaid Mon.

Another 250 million individuals came on-line in 2012, but 4.4 billion individuals stay unconnected, aforesaid the UN's International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

Ninety p.c of these not on-line sleep in developing countries.

The ITU additionally aforesaid there would be half dozen.8 billion mobile-cellular subscriptions -- virtually as several as there ar individuals on the earth -- by the tip of the year.


South Korea leads the globe in data and communication technology (ICT) development for the third consecutive year, followed closely by Scandinavian nation, Iceland, Denmark, Finland and Noreg, the ITU aforesaid in its annual report.

The The Netherlands, the uk, Luxembourg and city (China) additionally rank high, whereas United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland nudged into the highest ten from eleventh position last year, the report aforesaid.

The ITU's annual ICT Development Index ranks 157 countries consistent with their level of ICT access, use and skills.

The report additionally noted that "mobile broadband is currently more cost-effective than fastened broadband".