Measuring the Information Society 2016 / International Telecommunication Union.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

International Telecommunication Union, author, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information services--Social aspects.

Information services.

Technological forecasting--Social aspects.

Technological forecasting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 p.)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : International Telecommunication Union, 2017.

Summary:

The Measuring the Information Society Report, which has been published annually since 2009, features key ICT data and benchmarking tools to measure the information society, including the ICT Development Index (IDI). The IDI 2016 captures the level of ICT developments in 175 economies worldwide and compares progress made since the year 2014. The MISR 2016 assesses IDI findings at the regional level and highlights countries that rank at the top of the IDI and those that have improved their position in the overall IDI rankings most dynamically since 2014. It will also use the findings of the IDI to analyze trends and developments in the digital divide. The report will present 2015 prices for about 160 countries and provide a detailed analysis of mobile-cellular, fixed-broadband and mobile-broadband prices over the period 2008-2015. It will highlight the role of ICTs in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and present the newly agreed SDG indicator framework, including the ICT indicators. The report will also include a chapter looking into new metrics to measure mobile uptake, and a chapter presenting data analyzing Internet use and uptake.

Contents:

Foreword. Acknowledgements. Table of Contents. Chapter 1. The ICT Development Index (IDI) - Global Analysis. Key findings. 1.1 Introduction and overview. 1.2 The ICT Development Index (IDI). 1.3 Global IDI analysis. 1.4 The IDI and the digital divide. 1.5 Summary and conclusion. Chapter 2. The ICT Development Index (IDI) - regional and country analysis. Key findings. 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 Regional IDI analysis. 2.3 Summary and conclusion. Chapter 3. The role of ICTs in monitoring the SDGs. Key findings. 3.1 Introduction. 3.2 ICTs and SDGs. 3.3 The SDG indicator framework. 3.4 Summary and conclusion. Chapter 4. ICT prices. Key findings. 4.1 Introduction. 4.2 Mobile-cellular prices. 4.3 Fixed-broadband prices. 4.4 Mobile-broadband prices. 4.5 Monitoring the price of bundled services. Chapter 5. Measuring mobile uptake. Key findings. 5.1 Introduction. 5.2 Moving beyond subscriptions: phone owners and users. 5.3 How many people actually own or use a mobile phone?. 5.4 Who does not own or use a mobile phone?. 5.5 Why do people not own or use mobile phones?. 5.6 Conclusions . Chapter 6. Internet user and activity trends. Key findings. 6.1 How the Internet has changed - and changed the world. 6.2 Socio-economic factors that determine Internet use. 6.3 The Internet is not living up to its potential. 6.4 Conclusions. List of references. Annex 1. ICT Development Index (IDI) methodology. 1. Indicators included in the IDI. 2. Imputation of missing data. 3. Normalization of data. 4. Weighting and aggregation. 5. Calculating the IDI. 6. Sensitivity analysis. Annex 2. ICT price data methodology. Price data collection and sources. The mobile-cellular sub-basket. The fixed-broadband sub-basket. Mobile-broadband prices. Annex 3. Statistical tables of indicators used to compute the IDI. Access indicators. Use indicators. Skills indicators. Notes. Annex 4. ICT Prices. Fixed-broadband prices 2015. Mobile-cellular prices 2015 (on-net). Mobile-cellular prices 2015 (off-net). Mobile-cellular prices 2015 (to fixed telephone; SMS). Notes.

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