Measuring digital development - ICT price trends 2020
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Table of Contents
List of tables, figures and boxes
Executive summary
     Slow progress towards the affordability target
     ICT prices declined worldwide – but at a slowing pace
     Affordability gaps between developed and developing countries still significant
     Inequality causes affordability gaps within countries
     Regional disparities
     Affordability as a barrier to access
     More mature regulations, lower prices
1. Introduction
2. Measuring ICT prices: the ITU approach
     Data collection
     Other costs
     Historical comparisons
     Methodology for computing aggregate prices for regions and country groups
3. Basket prices
     Broadband baskets
     3.1 Data-only mobile broadband basket
          Global trends
          Regional trends
          Affordability
          Affordability changes between 2019 and 2020
          Data allowance: value for money
     3.2 Fixed broadband basket (5GB)
          Global trends
          Regional trends
          Affordability
          Affordability changes between 2019 and 2020
          Data allowances: value for money
          Quality improvements
     3.3 Mobile cellular low-usage basket
          Global trends
          Affordability
          Regional trends
     3.4 Mobile data and voice baskets
          Global trends
          Affordability
          Regional trends
          Allowances: value for money
4. Inequality and the affordability of broadband services
     Inequality indicators
     Africa
     Arab States
     Asia and the Pacific
     CIS
     Europe
     The Americas
5. The regulatory environment and ICT prices
6. Conclusion
Annex 1: ICT price data methodology
     ICT price baskets
     The mobile cellular low-usage basket
     The fixed broadband basket
     The data-only mobile broadband price basket
     The mobile broadband data-and-voice price baskets
     Price-data collection and sources
Annex 2: Detailed ICT price tables, 2020
Annex 3: Tables on inequality and affordability of broadband services