MEASURING THE INFORMATION SOCIETY - ICT Opportunity Index and World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators
PREFACE
CONTENTS
MEASURING THE INFORMATION SOCIETY
1. BACKGROUND OF THE ICT OPPORTUNITY INDEX
2. ICT OPPORTUNITY INDEX
2.1 Conceptual framework of the Opportunity Index
Figure 1: The ICT-OI conceptual framework, which is set within the socio-economic, geopolitical and cultural environment of every economy
2.2 Applying the conceptual model: the indicators
Table 1: ICT Opportunity Index: a total of 10 indicators
2.3 Quality of data
2.4 Reference year and reference country
2.5 Methodological details
3. RESULTS OF THE 2007 ICT OPPORTUNITY INDEX
3.1 2007 ICT-OI groupings
Table 2: ICT Opportunity Index 2001-2005 values and 2005 Ranking
3.2 ICT Opportunity progress and discrepancies
Figure 2: 2001-2005 penetration rates for mobile cellular subscribers, fixed telephone lines, internet users and broadband subscribers, by ICT-OI category
Figure 3: ICT-OI: sub-indices and indicators
3.3 ICT Opportunity Index growth rates: evolution over time
Figure 4: 2007 ICT-OI growth rates 2001-2005: top and bottom ten
Table 3: The Digital Divide over time
3.4 Tracking the digital divide
3.5 WSIS groupings
Table 4: LDCs in the ICT-OI
Table 5: Countries ranked in the ICT-OI and their status with regards to special needs
Table 6: ICT Opportunities, income levels and population density
4. CONCLUSIONS
ABBREVIATIONS
ANNEXES
Annex 1: 2007 ICT-OI sub-indices: Infodensity (networks and skills) and Infouse (uptake and intensity)
Annex 2: 2007 ICT-OI average annual growth rates, 2001-2005 and growth rate bands
ICT OPPORTUNITY INDEX
Table 1: Evolution of network
Table 2: Evolution of Infodensity
Table 3: Evolution of InfoUse
WORLD TELECOMMUNICATION/ICT INDICATORS
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
TABLE A: LIST OF ECONOMIES
1. Basic indicators
2. Main telephone lines
3. Waiting list
4. Local telephone network
5. Teleaccessibility
6. Telephone tariffs
7. Mobile cellular subscribers
8. ISDN and DSL
9. International telephone traffic
10. Telecommunication staff
11. Telecommunication revenue
12. Telecommunication investment
13. Information technology
14. Internet
15. Network growth
16. Mobile cellular tariffs, US$
17. Internet tariffs, US$
TECHNICAL NOTES
1. Basic indicators
2. Main telephone lines
3. Waiting list
4. Local telephone network
5. Teleaccessibility
6. Telephone tariffs
7. Mobile cellular subscribers
8. ISDN and DSL
9. International telephone traffic
10. Telecommunication staff
11. Telecommunication revenue
12. Telecommunication investment
13. Information technology
14. Internet
15. Network growth
16. Mobile cellular tariffs
17. Internet tariffs