60% of world’s population now has cell phone, highest ever
March 3, 2009 | Source: TG Daily
A U.N. report published today states that six in ten people (60%) of the world’s population has a cell phone subscription, up from just under 15% in 2002.
Internet use has more than doubled to 23% in 2008, up from 11% in 2002.
The report also ranked countries by how advanced their information and communications technology (ICT) is, with Sweden first and the U.S. at #17.