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ITUP ublicationsMeasuring digital developmentFacts and figures 2020 International Telecommunication UnionDevelopment SectorPage 2 Facts and Figures 2020 This new edition of Measuring digital development : Facts and Figures comes at an extraordinarilychallenging time for the international community. With the COVID-19 pandemic wreaking havoc on lives,societies and economies around the world, many of our daily activities have moved online, throwing a sharpspotlight on global connectivity. If you are reading this, it means you are online but what about the billions ofpeople still not fortunate enough to be able to connect? Facts and Figures 2020 reveals that people in rural areas continue to face greater challenges than people inurban areas in terms of remaining connected during the lockdown, especially in developing economies. Largeswathes of the rural landscape are still not covered by mobile broadband networks, and fewer households inthese areas have access to the worrying, the rollout of communications infrastructure is slowing.
This new edition of Measuring Digital Development: Facts and Figures comes at an extraordinarily challenging time for the international community. With the COVID-19 pandemic wreaking havoc on lives, societies and economies around the world, many of our daily activities have moved online, throwing a sharp spotlight on global connectivity.
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