The
latest edition of Measuring the Information Society features the new ITU ICT
Development Index (IDI) and the ICT Price Basket - two benchmarking tools to
measure the Information Society. The IDI captures the level of advancement of
ICTs in 159 countries worldwide and compares progress made between 2002 and
2008. It also measures the global digital divide and examines how it has
developed in recent years. The report also features the latest ICT Price Basket,
which combines 2009 fixed telephone, mobile cellular and fixed broadband tariffs
for 161 economies into one measure and compares these across countries, and over
time. The analytical report is complemented by a series of statistical tables
providing country-level data for all indicators included in the Index.
The
latest edition of Measuring the Information Society features the new ITU ICT
Development Index (IDI) and the ICT Price Basket - two benchmarking tools to
measure the Information Society. The IDI captures the level of advancement of
ICTs in 159 countries worldwide and compares progress made between 2002 and
2008. It also measures the global digital divide and examines how it has
developed in recent years. The report also features the latest ICT Price Basket,
which combines 2009 fixed telephone, mobile cellular and fixed broadband tariffs
for 161 economies into one measure and compares these across countries, and over
time. The analytical report is complemented by a series of statistical tables
providing country-level data for all indicators included in the Index.