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Dec 16 - Dec 22, 2024
Global Connectivity Indexes
- Emerging Digital Powerhouse Index 2024 - Ranking of OECD countries on factors ranging from tertiary enrollment to 5G connectivity. Produced by wireless manufacturer Airgain.
Nov 18 - Nov 24, 2024
Periodic Global Connectivity Reports
- DataReportal - Global and national reports on data usage collected via third parties, produced by market analysis firm Kepios.
Nov 11 - Nov 17, 2024
Regional Connectivity Reports and Data
- Open Signal - The state of mobile network experience in Africa - (November 2024) A look at download speeds and network quality in 27 African countries.
Oct 28 - Nov 03, 2024
Global Connectivity Indexes
- ITU ICT Development Index - (2024) (2023) (2017) Composite index based on three pillars, ICT Access, ICT Use, and ICT Skills.
Periodic Global Connectivity Reports
- Broadband Commission: The State of Broadband - (2024) (2023) (2022) (2021) (2020) (2019)(2018) (2017)
Regional Connectivity Reports and Data
- GSMA Mobile Economy - Latin America (2024) (2022) (2021)
Other sources
- Continent of Africa: High Resolution Population Density Maps by Meta - HRSL datasets offering unprecedented accuracy in population mapping.
Apr 22 - Apr 28, 2024
Global Connectivity Indexes
- Portulans Institute - Network Readiness Index - (2024) (2023) (2022) (2021) (2020) (2019) Network Readiness Index covering 121 economies from Portulans Institute
- Speedtest Global Index - (2024) Index of mobile and fixed broadband speeds from around the world on a monthly basis.
- cable.co.uk's Worldwide Broadband Price Comparison - (2023) (2022) (2019) (2018) Index of broadband costs around the world based on fixed line/wireless access.
Connectivity Maps
Periodic Global Connectivity Reports
- We Are Social (2024) (2023) (2022) (2021) Annual report by Hootsuite on internet and social media adoption.
Regional Connectivity Reports and Data
- African Telecommunications Infrastructure Development @manypossibilities.net - 2014-2023
Other sources
- Internet Resilience Index (IRI)- Developed by the Internet Society, the IRI monitors select, weighted indicators to measure Internet resilience
- M-Lab Global Network Diagnostic Tool - M-Lab is an open, verifiable measurement platform for global network performance.
- USAID Digital Ecosystem Country Assessments - Ghana 2024 Tanzania 2023 Mali 2023 Zambia 2022 Bangladesh 2023 Nepal 2022 Libya 2022 See website for others.
Feb 26 - Mar 03, 2024
Connectivity Maps
- Africa Telecoms Map 2024 - Telegeography's 2024 map of African telecoms including undersea cables, international bandwidth, and cloud data centres.
- ITU Disaster Connectivity Map - a map to assist disaster first responders in determining the status of telecommunications network infrastructure, coverage, and performance.
Other sources
- ITU Data Hub - a revamp of the ITU World ICT/Telecommunication Indicators Database (WTID), now free for non-commercial use
Feb 12 - Feb 18, 2024
Other sources
- SpeedChecker Insights - Periodic country-level reports on mobile internet speeds, latency, and coverage
- Cloudflare Radar - (2024) (2023) (2022) Invaluable resource on internet traffic, security, routing, outages, DNS, and more.
Aug 28 - Sep 03, 2023
Connectivity Maps
- Global CDN Infrastructure Map - Steve Song's open data map of Content Distribution Networks around the world (May 2024).
- Telegeography Cloud Infrastructure Map - Map of cloud infastructure providers around the world.
Regional Connectivity Reports and Data
- RIA Africa Mobile Pricing (RAMP) Indices Portal - (Q3 2022) - Pricing information on Voice/SMS basket, 1GB data basket, and Value For Money bundles.
Other sources
- IPinfo.io - Country Pages - Summary of country-level IP data covering top ASNs, important routers, city-level information, carrier IPs, and other IP data.
- Cloudflare Radar's Internet Quality Index - Estimated country-level internet download speeds and performance.
May 15 - May 21, 2023
Global Connectivity Indexes
- Internet Poverty Index 2024 - The Internet Poverty Index from World Data Lab.
May 01 - May 07, 2023
Global Connectivity Indexes
- ITU Measuring digital development - Facts and Figures. (2023) (March 2023 - Focus on Least Developed Countries) (2022) (2021) (2020) (2019) (2017).
Regional Connectivity Reports and Data
- Development and Access to Information (DA2i) Regional Reports - Dashboards profiling Connectivity, Freedom, and Gender Equity by the TASCHA group at the University of Washington. Funded by IFLA.
Aug 08 - Aug 14, 2022
Global Connectivity Indexes
- ITU Global Connectivity Report - (2022) - a detailed assessment of the current state of connectivity.
Jul 04 - Jul 10, 2022
Global Connectivity Indexes
- GSMA Mobile Connectivity Index - (2023) Measures countries against four enablers of mobile internet adoption: Infrastructure, Affordability, Consumer Readiness and Content.
- Inclusive Internet Index - (2022) Index sponsored by Meta measuring internet connectivity against Availability, Affordability, Relevance and Readiness.
Connectivity Maps
- GSMA Mobile Network Coverage Maps - Taken offline in April 2024.
Periodic Global Connectivity Reports
- Ericsson Mobility Report - (Q2 2024) (2024) (Jun 2023) (Nov 2022) (Jun 2022) (Nov 2021) (Q2 2020 Update) (Jun 2020) (Nov 2019) (Nov 2018) (June 2018).
Mar 14 - Mar 20, 2022
Global Connectivity Indexes
- A4AI Affordability Drivers Index - (2021)(2020) - Index of internet affordability by the Alliance for Affordable Internet Access (A4AI).
- Huawei Global Connectivity Index - (2020) Snapshot of 50 nations’ "Digital Transformation" status measured against Supply, Demand, Experience and Potential.
Regional Connectivity Reports and Data
- GSMA Mobile Economy - Africa 2016
Apr 26 - May 02, 2021
Global Connectivity Indexes
- A4AI Mobile Broadband Data Costs - (2020)(Q4 2018) (2017) Price of Broadband Data (1GB mobile prepaid) as % of GNI per capita.
Apr 19 - Apr 25, 2021
Periodic Global Connectivity Reports
- ITU Measuring Digital Development: ICT Price Trends - 2019 - analysis and comparison of price data for mobile-voice services, mobile data and fixed broadband. Replaces the 'Measuring the Information Society Report'.
Regional Connectivity Reports and Data
- e-Conomy Africa 2020: Africa’s $180 Billion Internet Economy Future - IFC/Google sponsored report on Africa's internet economy
Other sources
- Cisco Annual Internet Report (2018–2023) White Paper - Updated:February 28, 2020.
Dec 07 - Dec 13, 2020
Periodic Global Connectivity Reports
- A4AI Affordability Report - (2020) (2019) (2018) (2017).
Jan 27 - Feb 02, 2020
Regional Connectivity Reports and Data
- Open Signal - State of Mobile Networks Reports - Report covers a potpourri of countries based on OpenSignal data gathering.
Jul 29 - Aug 04, 2019
Connectivity Maps
- nperf Mobile coverage maps - mobile coverage based on data collected from nperf app.
Mar 04 - Mar 10, 2019
Global Connectivity Indexes
- Cisco Visual Networking Index - Forecast and Trends, 2017–2022 White Paper.
- ITU Broadband Atlas - (2010) Interactive infographic tool showcasing the status of broadband deployment worldwide and the regulatory landscape for broadband.
- InternetLiveStats - (2016) Internet Users by Country, interpolated from ITU, United Nations Population Division, Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), and World Bank data.
- Internet World Stats - Internet users compiled from Nielsen and ITU statistics.
- UN E-Government Knowledge Database - (2024).
Connectivity Maps
- African Undersea Cables - Steve Song's map of African undersea fibre optic cables.
- African Terrestrial Fibre Optic Infrastructure - Map of African terrestrial fibre networks, Creative Commons, Open Data.
- Africa Bandwidth Maps - Paul Hamilton's map of African terrestrial fibre and microwave networks.
- Telegeography Submarine Cable Map - Interactive submarine fibre optic cables.
- ITU Interactive Transmission Map - Online map of terrestrial fibre and microwave networks from ITU.
- GSMA Mobile Coverage Maps @ Mobile World Live - Somewhat dated but still useful map of mobile network coverage on country by country basis.
- Hurricane Electric 3D map - Interactive 3D map of undersea cables and Hurrican Electric Points of Presence (POPs) and routes.
Periodic Global Connectivity Reports
- Akamai State of the Internet / Connectivity Report - (Q1 2017) Report on connectivity from large CDN company.
- World Economic Forum - Global Information Technology Report - (2016) Examines the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in driving innovation and includes Network Readiness Index.
Regional Connectivity Reports and Data
- 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.
Other sources
- GSMA - Enabling Rural Coverage - (Feb 2018) Regulatory and policy recommendations to foster mobile broadband coverage in developing countries.
- 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.
- 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.
- LTE, WiMAX, HSPA+, 3G, GSM information by country - Reasonably up-to-date list of mobile networks around the world and their associated frequencies.
Dec 10 - Dec 16, 2018
Periodic Global Connectivity Reports
Nov 05 - Nov 11, 2018
Periodic Global Connectivity Reports
- 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.