Information and Communication Technology Evolution

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is a term used to describe technologies in manipulating and communicating information, especially in relation to modern telecommunication systems as they have evolved to intensive use of computing technology coupled with the enormous increase in communications between computers relying on the telecommunications infrastructure to do so. The two areas have increasingly merged as telecommunications has moved from analog to digital and then to packet technologies, and as the Internet has emerged to become one of the dominant data communications systems in use today.

ICT capabilities vary widely. In developed countries, they are widespread and sophisticated, while in developing[1] countries, they may be less available and offer less capacity. Nevertheless, developing countries are catching up fast by leapfrogging older generations of technology as well as developing solutions that suite the needs of their user communities.

For more information, click on:

-  Manual for Measuring ICT Access and Use by Households and Individuals

-  ITU ICT Eye website provides ICT information, indicators and statistics, regulatory and policy profiles, national tariff policies and scientific institutions, and more.

Under Tools and Resources, information is provided on two reports available through the ITU-BDT: “Mobile Web: State of the Market, Technology, and Business Issues” which provides a comprehensive overview of the subject indicated by its title,  and “The Next Billion: How Emerging Markets Are Shaping the Mobile Industry” which gives insight into where the next billion users are and how they will be served.