Measuring the Information Society 2012
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Table of contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Overview of recent ICT developments
Mobile sector
Broadband (fixed and mobile)
Internet uptake
International ICT development targets
Overview of this publication
Chapter 2. The ICT Development
2.1 Introduction to the IDI
2.2 Global IDI analysis
2.3 The digital divide and the least
2.4 IDI breakdown by sub-indices
2.5 Regional IDI analysis
Chapter 3. The ICT Price Basket (IPB)
3.1 Introduction
3.2 ICT Price Basket methodology
3.3 ICT Price Basket and sub-basket results and analysis
3.4 Regional analysis of the ICT Price Basket and sub-baskets
3.5 Towards a mobile-broadband price basket: Preliminary findings and analysis
Chapter 4. Revenue and investment in telecommunications
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Role of the ICT sector in the
4.3 The telecommunication market
4.4 Investment in the telecommunication sector
4.5 Conclusions
Chapter 5. Measuring communication capacity in bits and bytes
5.1 Assessing global communication capacity
5.2 Methodology for measuring communication capacity
5.3 Broadcasting and telecommunications: How do they compare in terms of effectively used capacity?
5.4 Subscriptions and subscribed capacity in telecommunications
5.5 Comparative analysis of subscriptions, subscribed capacity, population and gross national income
5.6 Conclusions and policy recommendations
List of references
Annex 1. ICT Development Index (IDI) methodology
Annex 2. ICT Price Basket (IPB) methodology
Annex 3. Statistical tables of indicators used to compute the IDI
Access indicators
Use indicators
Skills indicators
Annex 4. Statistical tables of prices used to compute the ICT Price Basket
Fixed-telephone prices 2011
Fixed-broadband prices 2011
Mobile-cellular prices 2011 (on-net)
Mobile-cellular prices 2011 (off-net)
Mobile-cellular prices 2011 (to fixed telephone; sms)