New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- There's no doubting the importance of connectivity - high-speed internet access - to economic and social development. Every industrial sector, every area of business, society and daily life benefits from connectivity and the applications, solutions, products and systems it enables.
Indeed, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 's core mandate is connecting the unconnected - bringing the digitally disenfranchised of the world online, often those in remote and rural regions, in developing countries and from underrepresented groups such as women, older people, or the disabled.
But, given that some 90% of the world's population is already able to access at least 2G or 3G mobile data services, why is internet ac...