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Featured
Free Access
231
Key Guidance
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Top Insights
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Access to Internet & Digital Communications
140
Digital Divide, Digital Inequalities
85
Digital Inclusion
56
Digital & Social Media Use, Internet Use
26
Internet & ICTs in Rural Areas
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Mobile Phone Use
24
Gender and ICTs / Internet
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ICT Policies
18
Telecommunication Infrastructure
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Community Telecommunication Networks
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Mobile Phone Use: Women
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Digital & Social Media Use: Youth
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Indigenous Digital & Social Media Communication
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Communication Rights
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Digital & Information Literacy
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Telecommunication Law, Regulation & Policies
10
Access to Media & Information
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Internet & Social Media Use: Women
9
Mobile Phone Markets
9
Mobile Phones, Smartphones
8
Gender Advocacy & Empowerment, Gender Mainstreaming
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Freedom of Expression Online, Internet Freedom
7
Digital Media Markets
7
Cybersecurity, Digital Safety, Privacy, Right to Privacy
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Telecentres, Community Telecentres, Internet Cafés
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Internet
6
Digitalization, Digital Transformation
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ICTs and Development
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ICT Indicators
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Internet Governance, Internet Policies
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Internet Bandwith, Broadband & Backbone Networks
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Access to Media & Information: Disadvantaged Groups and Minorities
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Digital Media Landscapes
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Internet and Society / Social Change
5
ICT Industries & Markets
5
Digital Literacy: Youth
5
Telecommunications
5
Access to Media & Information: Indigenous Populations
4
Digital & Social Media Use: Children
4
Digital Media Censorship, Control & Filtering, Internet & Social Media Censorship
4
Community Informatics
4
Online Media & Internet Economics
4
Open Access Publishing
4
Online Learning, E-Learning
4
Female ICT Sector Personnel / Professionals
4
ICT Development Assistance
4
World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
4
Schools
4
COVID-19 Pandemic: Economic, Political and Social Effects
4
Inequalities
4
WLAN Wireless Internet Access
4
Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Media
3
Media Use: Youth
3
Surveillance, Surveillance Technologies, Spyware
3
ICT / Internet Projects (Development Aid)
3
Free Basics (Facebook Internet Access Programme)
3
E-Governance, E-Democracy
3
Electronic Commerce
3
Facebook
3
Educational Use of ICTs / Internet
3
ICTs and Poverty Reduction
3
ICT Financing
3
Gender Discrimination, Gender Inequalities
3
COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Journalism, Media & Communication
3
Media Literacy: Youth
3
People with Disabilities: Access to & Use of ICT and Media
3
Open Data
2
Advocacy & Empowerment: Disadvantaged & Vulnerable Groups
2
Advocacy & Empowerment: Indigenous People
2
Digital Activism, Cyber Advocacy
2
Geography
2
Maps
2
Health Information Access & Use
2
Media Use: Lower Classes & Poor Population
2
Mobile Phone Use: Migrants & Refugees
2
Girls and Media
2
Freedom of Expression
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Open Licensing, Creative Commons, Public Domain
2
Digital Ethics, AI Ethics, Social Media Ethics, Data & Information Ethics
2
Internet and Development
2
Internet Shutdowns
2
Internet Markets
2
Social Media
2
Democratization & Digital Media / Social Media
2
Twitter & Microblogs
2
Ecological Footprint & Sustainability of Digitalization, E-Waste & Recycling
2
Digitalisation, Online Communication & Democracy / Democratization
2
Information Society
2
Digital Economies & Markets
2
Prices
2
Open Educational Resources (OER)
2
Open, Distance and Digital Education (ODDE)
2
Linguistic Diversity: Internet & Digital Media
2
Digital Media Use: Migrants & Diasporas
2
People with Disabilities: Tailored ICT & Media Products
2
Communication & Media Indicators
2
Mobile Phones in Rural Areas
2
Short Wave Radio (SW)
2
Mobile & Wireless Communications Technologies
2
Telecommunication Companies, Mobile Phone & Fixed Line Operators
2
Telecommunication Industries & Markets
2
Access to Information Laws, Right to Information Regulation
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Information Gaps
1
Advocacy & Empowerment: Girls
1
Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Digital Communication
1
Mobile Phone Advocacy & Campaigns
1
Agricultural Information & Extension
1
Geographical Information Systems
1
Audiences & Users
1
Audience Research Methods
1
Audience Segmentation, User Typologies, Personas
1
Elderly People: Internet & Social Media Use
1
Information Use & Consumption
1
Media Use, Media Consumption
1
Mobile Phone Use: Minorities
1
Media Use: Rural Populations
1
Media Use: Women, Female Media Audiences
1
Radio Use: Women
1
Mobile Phone Use: Youth
1
Radio Consumption, Radio Use, Radio Audiences
1
Television Consumption, Televison Use, Television Audiences
1
Trust in the Media, Credibility of Media
1
Campaigning: Experiences
1
Catholic Church and Communication
1
Digital Media Socialisation
1
Educational Comics & Comics for Development
1
Digital Literacy: Children
1
Christian Communication Ethics, Christian Media Ethics
1
Digital Rights
1
Intellectual Property
1
Plagiarism
1
Censorship Circumvention Tools & Strategies
1
Community Radios
1
Anthropology of Media & Communication
1
Developing Countries
1
One Laptop per Child (ICT Development Programme)
1
Uno a Uno (Laptops for School Students, Latin America)
1
Rural Communication for Development
1
Digital Communication, Digital Media
1
Algorithms & Big Data
1
Cybercrimes
1
Data
1
Data Governance, Data Justice, Data Sovereignty
1
Data Journalism, Computer-Assisted Investigative Reporting
1
Digital Criticism
1
Digital Entrepreneurs, Tech Entrepreneurs
1
Digital Healthcare & Information, Mobile Health, E-Health, Telemedicine
1
Digital Media, Internet & Religion
1
Digital Platforms & Intermediaries
1
Digital Skills, Digital Production Skills
1
Internet / ICTs and Social Change
1
Internet / Social Media Law & Regulation
1
Net Neutrality
1
Digital Financial Services, Mobile Banking, Mobile Payphone Business
1
Social Media in Political Communication
1
Online News
1
Social / Digital Media and ICTs in Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Management & Prevention
1
TikTok
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Generative AI, including ChatGPT et al.
1
Digital Transformation Approaches
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Economic Development: Role of ICTs & Media
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ICT Effects & Impact
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ICT Regulation
1
ICT Sector Development
1
Disinformation, Misinformation, Fake News
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Libraries
1
Poverty & Poverty Reduction
1
Energy Supply, Electricity
1
Market Liberalization, Economic Liberalization
1
Literacy, Literacy Campaigns, Postliteracy, Alphabetisation Policies
1
Gaming, Video Games
1
Gender and Media, Gender and Communication
1
Feminism & Communication
1
Gender Representation & Stereotypes in the Media
1
Women with Disabilities & Media
1
Indigenous Communication
1
Indigenous Languages
1
Indigenous Radio Broadcasting
1
UNESCO
1
News
1
Local News
1
Diversity & Pluralism in Media / Communication
1
Crowdsourcing
1
Design Thinking
1
Female Migrants / Migration
1
Music
1
People with Disabilities & Communication / Media
1
Deaf & Hard of Hearing People
1
Radio Engineering & Technologies
1
Youth & Religious Communication
1
Human Development Index (HDI)
1
Sampling (Survey Methodologies, Statistics)
1
Survey Methods
1
Castes
1
Antennas
1
Digital Switchover
1
Digital Television
1
Radio Broadcasting Equipment & Technologies
1
Satellite Communication & Information Services
1
GIS, Geospatial Services
1
Development Assistance: Telecommunications
1
Mobile Phone Use for Social Purposes, Mobiles for Development
1
Remote Work, Teleworking, Working from Home
1
Telecommunication Licensing
1
Telephone
1
Urban Communication, Urban Media
1
Suburbs, Poor Districts, Slums, Shanty Towns
1
Urban Areas
1
Youth Activism, Youth Civic Engagement, Youth Political Interests, Youth Protests
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Télécoms en Mauritanie: L’impact des crédits de communication
Paris: L'Harmattan (2025), xviii, 224 pp.
"Cet ouvrage propose une lecture croisée du marketing et de la régulation dans le secteur des télécommunications mauritanien. À partir des comportements d’achat de crédit de communication, il interroge les enjeux de transparence tarifaire, d’équité et de gouvernance publique. L’auteur
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How would a sub-$30 smartphone affect Africa?
Developing Telecoms, November 27 (2025)
"African consumers in particular struggle with the cost of 4G-capable devices - the GSMA’s recent Mobile Economy Africa Report for 2025 found that there is still a significant affordability gap, with around 58% of Africans remaining offline because smartphones are too expensive. Together with majo
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Measuring Digital Development. Facts and Figures: Focus on Small Island Developing States
Top Insights
Geneva: ITU (2024), v, 33 pp.
"In this special edition of ITU's Facts and Figures series, we explore the impressive progress and ongoing obstacles Small Island Developing States (SIDS) encounter amid the digital revolution. On the occasion of the fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4), our goal
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Measuring Digital Development: Facts and Figures 2022
Top Insights
Geneva: ITU (2022), iv, 26 pp.
"As the world welcomes its 8 billionth inhabitant, an estimated 5.3 billion people – roughly 66 per cent of the global population – are using the Internet. Yet some 2.7 billion people worldwide remain totally offline, with universal connectivity still a distant prospect in least developed countr
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Digital Trends in Africa 2021: Information and Communication Technology Trends and Developments in the Africa Region 2017-2020
Top Insights
Geneva: ITU (2021), 65 pp.
"This report provides an overview of trends and developments in ICT infrastructure, access and use in Africa, which includes 44 member states and is home to a population of 1.04 billion people. The report highlights changes in ICT adoption since the last World Telecommunication Development Conferenc
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Minimum Data Consumption: How Much is Needed to Support Online Activities, and is it Affordable?
Top Insights
World Bank (2021), 19 pp.
"The primary payment method for mobile internet usage in most developing countries is prepaid, with the amount tied to a specific volume of data usage. Data volume is therefore a useful yardstick to determine how much is needed to carry out important welfare enhancing activities online. For foundati
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"El estudio se compone de dos secciones. En la primera se describe el área de estudio, de las organizaciones indígenas involucradas en la investigación representados por organizaciones. En la segunda sección se analizan los medios de comunicación existentes, y el grado de conectividad que tie
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"The 43 country reports included in this year’s Global Information Society Watch (GISWatch) capture the different experiences and approaches in setting up community networks across the globe. They show that key ideas, such as participatory governance systems, community ownership and skills transfe
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Global Information Society Watch 2009: Focus on Access to Online Information and Knowledge – Advancing Human Rights and Democracy
Association for Progressive Communications (APC); Hivos (2009), 231 pp.
"GISWatch has three interrelated goals: surveying the state of the field of information and communications technology (ICT) policy at local and global levels; encouraging critical debate; strengthening networking and advocacy for a just, inclusive information society. Each year the report focuses on
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Learning, Digital Skills, and the Global South
Cheltenham (UK); Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing (2025), vi, 122 pp.
"With our modern world relying more and more on Internet-based technologies, this timely book takes a renewed look at the ever-increasing digital divide between developing and more technologically advanced countries and the resulting impacts on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Jef
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Bootstrapping the digital divide: A situational analysis of digital demands and collective capabilities in low-income households
Information, Communication & Society, volume 28, issue 1 (2025), pp. 105-123
"This paper examines intersections between social disadvantage and digital inequality in low-income household settings using situational analysis. Partnering with social service organisations, we conducted qualitative fieldwork research over 12 months with low-income households in disadvantaged subu
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The Rise of the Network Commons: A History of Community Infrastructure
Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures (2025), 107 pp.
Expanding Digital Opportunity: A Framework and Road Map for Strengthening Digital Inclusion
Washington, DC: Urban Institute (2025), 82 pp.
Technical study on telecommunication and ICT infrastructure data, costs and analysis in Nigeria
Geneva: ITU (2025), ix, 72 pp.
"This study analyses the costs of connecting to the Internet and providing Internet services in Nigeria for fibre-optic network connectivity, microwave links, mobile broadband cellular links, and cellular communications. The analysis has focused on the capital expenditure (capex) of telecommunicatio
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Measuring Digital Development. Facts and Figures: Focus on Landlocked Developing States
Top Insights
Geneva: ITU (2025), iv, 33 pp.
"Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) face unique development challenges. Higher transportation costs, trade barriers, and limited connectivity impede economic integration. LLDCs rely on neighbouring countries for access to trade routes, resulting in delays and higher costs. These countries also
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The revised SADC toolkit on universal access funding and universal service fund implementation 2024
Geneva: ITU (2025), xi, 76 pp.
"In 2011, working with the Communications Regulators’ Association of Southern Africa (CRASA),1 the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in cooperation with the European Commission (EC) published a toolkit on universal access funding and universal service implementation to provide guidance o
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Measuring digital development: The affordability of ICT services 2024
Geneva: ITU (2025), iv, 27 pp.
"This edition’s findings highlight important progress: in 2024, mobile broadband services have become more affordable in most regions and for most income groups, and a growing number of countries are meeting the Broadband Commission’s target of entry-level broadband services costing less than 2
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Ericsson Mobility Report
Ericsson (2025), 31 pp.
"We are at an inflection point, where 5G and the ecosystem are set to unleash a wave of innovation. In this Ericsson Mobility Report, we explore how an ecosystem partner is leveraging 5G, network slicing and dynamic Quality of Service (QoS) that will take live broadcasting to a new level, by ensurin
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