awesome-connectivity-info

ITU Global Connectivity Report - ( ) - a detailed assessment of the current state of connectivity

Facts and Figures. ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

Portulans Institute - - ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Network Readiness Index covering 121 economies from Portulans Institute

(2023) Measures countries against four enablers of mobile internet adoption: Infrastructure, Affordability, Consumer Readiness and Content

A4AI Affordability Drivers Index - ( )( ) - Index of internet affordability by the Alliance for Affordable Internet Access ( )

A4AI Mobile Broadband Data Costs - ( )( ) ( ) Price of Broadband Data (1GB mobile prepaid) as % of GNI per capita

(2022) Index sponsored by Meta measuring internet connectivity against Availability, Affordability, Relevance and Readiness

(2020) Snapshot of 50 nations’ "Digital Transformation" status measured against Supply, Demand, Experience and Potential

Forecast and Trends, 2017–2022 White Paper

(2010) Interactive infographic tool showcasing the status of broadband deployment worldwide and the regulatory landscape for broadband

(2016) Internet Users by Country, interpolated from ITU, United Nations Population Division, Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), and World Bank data

Internet users compiled from Nielsen and ITU statistics

( ) ( ) ( ) Composite index based on three pillars, ICT Access, ICT Use, and ICT Skills

(2016)

(2024)

(2024) Index of mobile and fixed broadband speeds from around the world on a monthly basis

cable.co.uk's Worldwide Broadband Price Comparison - ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Index of broadband costs around the world based on fixed line/wireless access

2024 - The Internet Poverty Index from

Steve Song's map of African undersea fibre optic cables

Map of African terrestrial fibre networks, Creative Commons, Open Data

Steve Song's open data map of Content Distribution Networks around the world (May 2024)

Telegeography's 2024 map of African telecoms including undersea cables, international bandwidth, and cloud data centres

Paul Hamilton's map of African terrestrial fibre and microwave networks

Interactive submarine fibre optic cables

Telegeography Annual Submarine Cable Update - ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

Map of cloud infastructure providers around the world

Online map of terrestrial fibre and microwave networks from ITU

Somewhat dated but still useful map of mobile network coverage on country by country basis

Interactive 3D map of undersea cables and Hurrican Electric Points of Presence (POPs) and routes

Taken offline in April 2024

mobile coverage based on data collected from

a map to assist disaster first responders in determining the status of telecommunications network infrastructure, coverage, and performance

We Are Social ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Annual report by Hootsuite on internet and social media adoption

from GSMA - ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

Mozilla Internet Health Report - ( ) ( ) ( )

( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

Broadband Commission: The State of Broadband - ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )( ) ( )

ITU Measuring the Information Society - ( ) ( )

GSMA - State of Mobile Internet Connectivity ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

(2017)

( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

(Q1 2017) Report on connectivity from large CDN company

(2016) Examines the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in driving innovation and includes Network Readiness Index

UN E-Government Survey - Global E–Government and E-Participation Development Index

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

ITU Measuring Digital Development: ICT Price Trends - - analysis and comparison of price data for mobile-voice services, mobile data and fixed broadband. Replaces the 'Measuring the Information Society Report'

Global and national reports on data usage collected via third parties, produced by market analysis firm Kepios

Development and Access to Information (DA2i) - Dashboards profiling Connectivity, Freedom, and Gender Equity by the at the University of Washington. Funded by

: Africa’s $180 Billion Internet Economy Future - IFC/Google sponsored report on Africa's internet economy

GSMA Mobile Economy - Middle East & North Africa ( ) ( )

GSMA Mobile Economy - West Africa ( ) ( )

GSMA Mobile Economy - Sub-Saharan Africa ( ) ( )( ) ( ) ( )

GSMA Mobile Economy - ( ) ( ) ( )

GSMA Mobile Economy - Asia Pacific ( ) ( )

GSMA Mobile Economy - Africa

African Telecommunications Infrastructure Development @manypossibilities.net -

RIA Africa Mobile Pricing (RAMP) Indices Portal - ( ) - Pricing information on Voice/SMS basket, 1GB data basket, and Value For Money bundles

Opera - State of the Mobile Web Africa - ( ) ( )

Ericsson Mobility Report - Sub-Saharan Africa - ( ) ( )

Report covers a potpourri of countries based on OpenSignal data gathering

(November 2024) A look at download speeds and network quality in 27 African countries

(2013) Report by global consulting firm McKinsey on the potential impact of the Internet in Africa

Developed by the Internet Society, the IRI monitors select, weighted indicators to measure Internet resilience

a revamp of the ITU World ICT/Telecommunication Indicators Database (WTID), now free for non-commercial use

Periodic country-level reports on mobile internet speeds, latency, and coverage

( ) ( ) ( ) Invaluable resource on internet traffic, security, routing, outages, DNS, and more

(Feb 2018) Regulatory and policy recommendations to foster mobile broadband coverage in developing countries

Ranking of popular mobile apps across countries

Browser market share over time by browser, region, OS

Various reports on LTE and 5G adoption

by Meta - HRSL datasets offering unprecedented accuracy in population mapping

(May 2018) Trends that affect and drive internet uptake globally

(2016) A Framework for Accelerating Internet Access and Adoption

M-Lab is an open, verifiable measurement platform for global network performance

Reasonably up-to-date list of mobile networks around the world and their associated frequencies

Updated:February 28, 2020

Summary of country-level IP data covering top ASNs, important routers, city-level information, carrier IPs, and other IP data

Estimated country-level internet download speeds and performance

See website for others