Excerpt from miragenews.com
For many of us, the Internet has evolved into an indispensable need, with connectivity becoming ever-more crucial to provide a wide range of digital services. This took on a new meaning with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Since the emergence of COVID-19 more than a year and a half ago, international bandwidth usage has continued to grow. Yet still, almost half of the world’s population remains unconnected.
The connectivity challenge remains especially severe for remote or isolated communities, far from the network infrastructure that has spread across all major continents.
According to estimates by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), only 52 per cent of people in the world’s small island developing states (SIDS) use the Internet.
Closing the gap for these remote communities deserves special attention.
Percentage of individuals using the Internet, 2019*
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