A list of connectivity indexes and reports to help you better under who has access to communication infrastructure and on what terms. All info in the public domain.
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- Global Connectivity Indexes
- Connectivity Maps
- Periodic Global Connectivity Reports
- Regional Connectivity Reports and Data
- Other sources
- GSMA Mobile Connectivity Index
- measures countries against four enablers of mobile internet adoption – Infrastructure, Affordability, Consumer Readiness and Content
- draws on a range of sources
- latest version 2016
- A4AI Affordability Drivers Index
- developed by the Alliance for Affordable Internet Access
- combines a variety of factors to create a composite affordability score
- latest version 2017
- A4AI Mobile Broadband Data Costs
- Price of Broadband Data (1GB mobile prepaid) as % of GNI per capita (2015-2017)
- Facebook/EIU Inclusive Internet Index
- sponsored by Facebook and developed by the Economist Intelligence Unit
- index measures Internet connectivity against Availability, Affordability, Relevance and Readiness
- draws extensively on ITU sources
- surprisingly free of Facebook data
- latest version 2018 covers 86 countries.
- Huawei Global Connectivity Index
- snap-shot of 50 nations’ "Digital Transformation" status
- countries are measured against Supply, Demand, Experience and Potential to make a composite index score
- latest version 2017
- Cisco Visual Networking Index
- ITU Broadband Atlas
- InternetLiveStats
- Internet Users by Country
- an elaboration of data ITU, United Nations Population Division, Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), and World Bank
- latest data from 2016
- Internet World Stats
- IWS defines an Internet User as anyone currently in capacity to use the Internet
- sources include Nielsen and ITU
- ITU ICT Development Index
- composite index based on three pillars, ICT Access, ICT Use, and ICT Skills
- latest data from 2017
- World Economic Forum - Networked Readiness Index
- latest version 2016
- UN E-Government Knowledge Database
- latest data 2016
- BCG e-Intensity Index - 2015.
- Index developed by Boston Consulting Group looking at the maturity of 85 Internet economies
- The index measures maturity against three vectors, Enablement, Engagement, and Expenditure.
- Speedtest Global Index - May 2018.
- Ranking mobile and fixed broadband speeds from around the world on a monthly basis.
- cable.co.uk's Worldwide Broadband Price Comparison - 2018. Index of broadband costs around the world based on fixed line/wireless access. Many African countries excluded.
- African Undersea Cables
- African Terrestrial Fibre Optic Infrastructure
- Africa Bandwidth Maps
- Telegeography Interactive Submarine Cable Map
- Telegeography 2018 Submarine Cable Map
- Greg's Cable Map
- ITU Interactive Transmission Map
- GSMA Mobile Coverage Maps @ Mobile World Live
- Hurricane Electric 3D map of undersea cables and HE POPs and routes
- OECD - National Broadband Maps
- GSMA Mobile Network Coverage Maps - 2018 currently Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria, and Tanzania.
- Mozilla Internet Health Report - 2018.
- GSMA Mobile Economy - 2018.
- Broadband Commission: The State of Broadband (2018) (2017)
- ITU Measuring the Information Society - (2018) (2017)
- ITU Facts and Figures - 2017.
- Ericsson Mobility Report - November 2018 June 2018.
- Deloitte - Global mobile consumer trends - 2017.
- A4AI Affordability Report
- Opera State of the Mobile Web - 2016.
- report based on Opera Mobile browser use
- 2016 appears to be the last one, perhaps due to declining mobile browser use?
- Akamai State of the Internet / Connectivity Report - Q1 2017.
- World Economic Forum - Global Information Technology Report - 2016.
- Un E-Government Survey - 2016.
- OECD Broadband Portal - Latest data update: 28 June 2018.
- AfterAccess - Mobile & Internet Use in the Global South - Infographic highlights of nationally representative surveys of ICT access and use by households and individuals in the public domain in 16 developing countries of the Global South.
- GSMA Mobile Economy - Sub-Saharan Africa - 2018.
- GSMA Mobile Economy - West Africa - 2017.
- African Telecommunications Infrastructure Development @manypossibilities.net - 2017.
- GSMA Mobile Economy - Africa - 2016.
- Opera - State of the Mobile Web Africa - 2016.
- Ericsson Mobility Report - Sub-Saharan Africa - 2015.
- RIA Africa Mobile Pricing (RAMP) Indices Portal - Pricing information on Voice/SMS basket, 1GB data basket, and Value For Money bundles.
- Lastest data from 2017
- Open Signal - State of Mobile Networks Reports - Report covers a poupourii of countries based on OpenSignal data gathering.
- open does not describe the data they collect
- Lions go digital: The Internet’s transformative potential in Africa - 2013.
- Report by global consulting firm McKinsey on the potential impact of the Internet in Africa
- GSMA - Enabling Rural Coverage - Feb 2018.
- Regulatory and policy recommendations to foster mobile broadband coverage in developing countries
- Facebook Audience Insights
- demographic information on Facebook use
- Facebook account required
- SimilarWeb - Mobile App Ranking
- ranking of popular mobile apps across countries
- Global Stats by StatCounter
- browser market share over time by browser, region, OS
- Global Mobile Suppliers Association
- various reports on LTE and 5G adoption
- many reports are free but site requires registration
- Social Bakers Regional Reports
- country reports on social media use
- high levels statistics for free with paid options
- CIESIN Earth Institute - High Resolution Settlement Layer GIS data
- developed in partnership with Facebook, the CIESIN HRSL datasets offer unprecedented accuracy in population mapping which is vital information in understanding who is covered by voice and data services and who is not.
- Kleiner Perkins Mary Meeker Internet Trends Report - May 2018.
- trends that affect and drive internet uptake globally.
- WEF Internet for All - 2016.
- A Framework for Accelerating Internet Access and Adoption
- this document, part of the Access/Adoption pillar within the World Economic Forum’s Global Challenge initiative on the Future of the Internet, provides a common framework for addressing the barriers related to achieving an internet for all
- M-Lab Visualization Platform - M-Lab is an open, verifiable measurement platform for global network performance.
- a partnership between New America’s Open Technology Institute, Google Open Source Research, Princeton University’s PlanetLab and other supporting partners.
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's Internet Intelligence Map
- Interactive map reporting issues that impact the performance of the Internet
- Oracle Cloud Infrastucture, formerly Dyn Research
- LTE, WiMAX, HSPA+, 3G, GSM information by country - It is not clear exactly why but www.worldtimezone.com maintain a reasonably up-to-date list of mobile networks around the world and their associated frequencies.
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