Since the late 1990s access to information and communication technologies(ICTs) has seen tremendous growth—driven primarily by the wirelesstechnologies and liberalization of telecommunications markets. Mobile communicationshave evolved from simple voice and text services to diversifiedinnovative applications and mobile broadband Internet. In 2016, therewere more than 7.3 billion mobile-cellular subscriptions worldwide. Globally,3.5 billion people were using the Internet, of which 2.5 billion were fromdeveloping countries. Mobile-broadband subscriptions have risen constantlyto reach 3.6 billion, while the number of fixed-broadband subscriptionsreached more than 84 million during the same period. The impacts of ICTs cross all sectors. Research has shown that investmentin information and communication technologies is associated with sucheconomic benefits as higher productivity, lower costs, new economic opportunities,job creation, innovation, and increased trade. ICTs also help providebetter services in health and education, and strengthen social cohesion. The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2018illustrates the progress of this revolution for 217 economies around theworld. It provides comparable statistics on the sector for 2010 and 2016across 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 containsdefinitions of the terms used in the tables.
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