Broadband, Internet penetration still too low in world's least developed countries, says ITU

ISTANBUL – Some of the world’s poorest countries experienced a jump in mobile cellular connectivity, but Internet use remains low, according to figures released by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) at a conference in Turkey this week.Access to voice and simple data connectivity in the world’s 48 UN-designated least developed countries (LDC) rose from an average of 1.2% of the population to almost 30% in just ten years, bringing connectivity to almost 250 million people in LDCs. ITU figures confirmed that while the number of fixed lines has barely risen in LDCs over the past decade, reflecting global trends, mobile...