Increasing Broadband Internet Penetration
In the OIC Member Countries
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Figure 15: Selected Regions: fixed broadband penetration (as percent of households) (2000-
2015)
Sources: International Telecommunications Union; Telecom Advisory Services analysisOn the other hand, the adoption of mobile broadband in the emerging world has been
accelerating, while its penetration in the developed countries is reaching a saturation point.
The prorated adoption of mobile broadband among OECD countries has reached 87%, while
the statistic in South America and Southern Africa is 67% and 58% (see table 10).
Table 10: Worldwide Mobile Broadband adoption (as % of population) (2015)
Region Internet Adoption ( %) Western Europe 74.75
Northern Europe 95.69
Northern America 103.93
OECD Countries 87.17
Australasia 113.04
Southern Europe 72.80
Eastern Asia 62.96
Eastern Europe 58.54
Western Asia 46.39
Central America 43.09
Southern America 67.37
Polynesia 18.41
World 44.14
Central Asia 33.20
Southern Africa 58.19
South-Eastern Asia 46.87
Northern Africa 43.13
Caribbean 19.78
Micronesia 0.27
Southern Asia 10.82
Melanesia 11.15
Eastern Africa 12.54
Western Africa 23.22
Middle Africa 8.92
Sources: International Telecommunications Union; Telecom Advisory Services analysis
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