• IPnomics, Tuesday, December 1, 2015 1:56 PM

The number of connected people on the planet has reached 3.2 billion, according to a report from the International Telephone Union (ITU.) Managers, marketers, engineers, and designers who are building mobile and internet products for international consumption should read the full report. The many charts and graphics make the 252-page report on fixed and mobile internet and telephone services around the world an easy read. Mobile cellular subscriptions reached almost 7.1 billion, driven by mobile networks that now cover 95% of the world’s population. Data in the report shows that the price of mobile-cellular services continues to fall around the world, while the cost of fixed-line services has stagnated since 2013, and has even risen in some developed markets. The ITU, a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) responsible for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) issues, tracks 168 of the world’s economies using the ICT Development Index (IDI).

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