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More than half of global population now online: UN

• https://sg.news.yahoo.com, AFP

The UN agency for information and communication technologies, ITU, said that by the end of 2018 a full 51.2 percent of people around the world will be using the Internet.

"By the end of 2018, we will surpass the 50/50 milestone for Internet use," ITU chief Houlin Zhou said in a statement.

"This represents an important step towards a more inclusive global information society," he said, adding though that "far too many people around the world are still waiting to reap the benefits of the digital economy."

He called for more support to "technology and business innovation so that the digital revolution leaves no one offline."

According to ITU, the world's richest countries have been showing slow and steady growth in Internet use, which has risen from 51.3 percent of their populations in 2005 to 80.9 percent now.

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Comment by neillien
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Awesome, now half the world can access info on self-sustainability and decentralizing their lives. Considering everything they could ever want to know has been PDF'ed. lol

Comment by Ernest Hancock
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With a Space Based internet infrastructure, the entire planet will have access to... almost everything (history, information, education, propaganda, truth, friends & family, commerce...). Then what? Going to be very interesting.



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