According to the latest report by the ITU, the United Nations agency for information and communication technologies, Iceland has the most developed information and communication technology infrastructure in Europe, and the second most developed in the world. Only South Korea has a higher index ranking than Iceland. The UK comes in fifth place, the US fifteenth.
Among the factors which raise Iceland’s ranking are the high percentage of households with a computer (98.5%) and the high percentage of households with internet access (96.55%), high percentage of individuals using the internet (98.2%) and the high number of active mobile broadband subscriptions (93.43 per 100 inhabitants). The high number of mobile telephone subscriptions (114 for every 100 inhabitants) is also notable.
The International Telecommunications Union, ITU, was founded in 1865, making it the oldest of the specialized agencies of the UN. The Measuring the Information Society report, which has been published by the ITU annually since 2009, compiles key ICT data allowing a measuring and comparison of the information society in 175 different economies worldwide.
According to the latest report by the ITU, the United Nations agency for information and communication technologies, Iceland has the most developed information and communication technology infrastructure in Europe, and the second most developed in the world. Only South Korea has a higher index ranking than Iceland. The UK comes in fifth place, the US fifteenth.
Among the factors which raise Iceland’s ranking are the high percentage of households with a computer (98.5%) and the high percentage of households with internet access (96.55%), high percentage of individuals using the internet (98.2%) and the high number of active mobile broadband subscriptions (93.43 per 100 inhabitants). The high number of mobile telephone subscriptions (114 for every 100 inhabitants) is also notable.
The International Telecommunications Union, ITU, was founded in 1865, making it the oldest of the specialized agencies of the UN. The Measuring the Information Society report, which has been published by the ITU annually since 2009, compiles key ICT data allowing a measuring and comparison of the information society in 175 different economies worldwide.
