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In pics: Key findings of the state of broadband report 2016

The latest report focuses on affordable broadband as the way to a connected world

By CommsMEA staff writer  
In pics: Key findings of the state of broadband report 2016
The digital divide has shifted from voice telephony to the Internet. However, 53% of the world’s population will still be offline at the end of 2016. ITU’s Connect 2020 targets call for 60% of the world’s populati on to be online by 2020, equivalent to bringing another 1.2 billion people online over the next four years.

Mobile is now the world’s favourite way of accessing the Internet. ITU forecasts that the total number of mobile broadband subscriptions will reach 3.6 billion by end 2016, while almost half of all mobile subscriptions are already broadband enabled. An estimated 165 countries have now deployed 4G (mobile broadband) networks.

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