3. Smart Indicators 3.4 Smart Mobility Connectivity and ICT infrastructure Mobile Internet usage
In recent years, smartphones and mobile devices have come into our lives and are becoming increasingly popular. The rapid growth of smart mobile devices and smartphones that are continuously appearing on the market, is generating a positive momentum that is accelerating the growth of mobile Internet use at an unstoppable pace.
Asked about the percentage of mobile Internet users, of the 21 cities (4 in Africa, 8 in Latin America, 1 in Asia and 8 in Europe) that answered the question, the percentage of the population using mobile internet devices in 67% of them was between 0% and 25%. Higher percentages, in between 76% and 100%, could only be found in 10% of the cities.
Regarding the analysis of the information by region, in the case of Africa, in 75% of the cities, between 0% and 25% of the population use Internet over mobile devices. This percentage increases in Latin America, where in a large majority of cities (88%) the rate is also between 0% and 25% and the percentage rises to between 26% and 50% in only 12% of them. In the case of Europe, the percentage of the people that use mobile Internet services is between 0% and 25% in 50% of the cities , but it is noteworthy that, in 25% of them, this rate increases to between 76% and 100%. This is the case in the cities of Bordeaux and Lisbon.
% of mobile Internet users by region % of mobile Internet users 100%
100%
90%
90%
12,5%
70%
70% % of cities
25%
80%
80%
60%
12% 25%
60%
67%
12,5% 100%
50%
50%
40%
40%
30%
30%
20%
88% 75% 50%
10%
20% 14%
10%
0%
10%
10%
Africa
Latin America
Asia
Europe
0%
0 ‐ 25%
26 ‐ 50%
51 ‐ 75%
76 ‐ 100%
0 ‐ 25%
26 ‐ 50%
51 ‐ 75%
76 ‐ 100%
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