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South Korea Tops ITU's Global Communication Technology IndexSouth Korea topped the International Telecommunication Union rankings for the countries with the most developed information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure in a report released yesterday, while the Caribbean nation of St. Kitts and Nevis was the most improved. The US ranked 15th.
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) published its annual Measuring the Information Society report yesterday, which evaluates the state of global ICT development. This includes the ICT Development Index (IDI), which tracks and analyzes ICT developments in 175 economies worldwide, evaluating progress by identifying top performers and those that have most improved their IDI ranking. It also analyzes trends and developments in the "digital divide" and highlights the role of ICT in advancing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) based on an agreed SDG indicator framework. The report also found that nearly all of the 175 tracked countries improved their IDI statistics in the past year, but that "there are still huge investment opportunities for the private sector to connect the unconnected." Interestingly, there has been more progress on actual usage than on adoption of ICT technologies. The study puts this down to uptake of mobile broadband, particularly in emerging markets. Other key findings included:
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