Table 4. Mobile phone subscribers by region and level of development,

In China, three quarters of Internet users get online via mobile phones already in Ethiopia and Uganda, four out of five do. Thus, given the pervasiveness of mobile telephony and recent technological advances in mobile networks, rolling out mobile broadband seems a cost effective solution.

Especially in Africa where the number of broadband subscribers in most countries is extremely small, and penetration rates are less than 1 per cent even in countries that are more advanced in ICT.

The Panel also notes that only about one per cent of the population of Kuwait were cellular mobile telephone subscribers in 1990 (http unstats.un.org unsd cdb www.unhabitat.org).

Telenor and Nera are the principal companies, with services and products for mobile satellite communications (Inmarsat), television broadcasting and, increasingly, satellite systems for multimedia and broadband.

In order to get a more realistic picture of the distribution of mobile phones among users, penetration rates (subscribers per 100 inhabitants) need to be taken into consideration (Table 5).

A 10 increase in broadband penetration can add a full percentage point to sustainable GDP growth, and doubling broadband speed increases GDP by 0.3 on average. Moreover, mobile commerce expected to reach 800 billion worldwide by 2016 has enormous potential to improve social and financial inclusion.

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Mobile phone technology is so powerful, and costs so little per unit of data transmission, that it has proved possible to sell mobile phone access to the poor. There are now more than 3.3 billion subscribers in the world, roughly one for every two people on the planet.

In 2003 developing countries overtook developed countries in terms of absolute numbers of cellular subscribers, making mobile phones the only ICT indicator where developing countries have higher shares than developed countries (see Table 4).

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Ericsson estimates that by 2018, 85 of the world s population will have access to mobile broadband coverage via 3G networks, and 50 will have 4G. In this context, the near ubiquity of mobile networks has created a new paradigm for sustainable development, putting technological advances at the forefront of policymaking.

A 2009 study by the World Bank found that a 10 increase in fixed broadband penetration boosts a developing economy s GDP by about 1.4 . These findings likely vastly understate the impact of the technology after all, much of the developing world is seeing a rapid rollout of mobile broadband, with much higher capacity than what was available at the time of the study.

And they can feed that information back to their subscribers, but only to their subscribers on the same highway located behind the traffic jam!

Mobile phone coverage in Sub Saharan Africa, for example, has gone from nearly zero subscribers 20 years ago to around 700 million today. And those phones are helping to bring banking, health care, education, business, government services, and entertainment to the poor.

According to World Bank estimates, nearly 80 per cent of the world's population is now able to access mobile telephony networks and the number of subscribers keeps increasing at a very rapid rate, with the most significant growth taking place in developing countries.

A new society what we call the Networked Society is emerging. And in the Networked Society, we have an obligation to ensure that we exploit mobile and broadband technologies not just for collaboration and entertainment, but also for sustainable development.

9,000 servers all over China, has 250 million subscribers.

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Consider the example of M Pesa, Kenya s mobile banking service that allows people to send money via their cellphones. M Pesa first needed to invest in many brick and mortar stores where subscribers could convert the cash they earn into digital money (and back into cash).

They are basically broadband, collaboration and encouragement put together.

Brazil now has more than 130 million subscribers, and Indonesia has roughly 120 million. In Africa, which contains the world s poorest countries, the market is soaring, with more than 280 million subscribers.

For certain e business solutions, broadband has thus become indispensable.

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While governments in Europe and elsewhere continue to invest in faster and better broadband, the biggest benefits will always come from providing Internet access to people who do not already have it, most of whom live in developing and emerging countries. In fact, developing countries can leap frog the developed world by going straight to mobile broadband, thereby avoiding the need for expensive fiber optic cables for the last mile or access point of the network.

The stars the SDGs, the ICT giants, mobile broadband, online learning, and philanthropists are aligning for such a scenario. A Global Fund for Education, announced at the Conference on Financing for Development, would be the best news possible for today s children everywhere and a dazzling inauguration for the SDGs.

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To prepare the region for the forthcoming satellite broadband services, fostering public private partnerships for an affordable and sustainable service mechanism that would support broadband penetration into remote and underserved areas was essential.

Under this Plan, UNHCR paid out 1,655,551 to its subscribers in respect of their claims.

CAF subscribers now include not only Governments but also 16 private banks from the region.

The circulation of Africa Renewal and Afrique Renouveau magazines, combined, now reaches over 34,000 subscribers.

Asia is the only developing region that has reached any significant broadband penetration.

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