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A list of connectivity indexes, maps, and reports to help you better understand who has access to communication infrastructure and on what terms. All info in the public domain.
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- Contents (#contents)
- Global Connectivity Indexes (#global-connectivity-indexes)
- Connectivity Maps (#connectivity-maps)
- Periodic Global Connectivity Reports (#periodic-global-connectivity-reports)
- Regional Connectivity Reports and Data (#regional-connectivity-reports-and-data)
- Other sources (#other-sources)
- License (#license)
Global Connectivity Indexes
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- ITU Global Connectivity Report - (2022 (https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/global-connectivity-report-2022/)) - a detailed assessment of the current state of connectivity.
- ITU Measuring digital development (https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/facts/default.aspx) - Facts and Figures. (2023 (https://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-d/opb/ind/d-ind-ict_mdd-2023-1-pdf-e.pdf)) (March 2023 - Focus on Least
Developed Countries (https://www.itu.int/hub/publication/d-ind-ict_mdd-2023/)) (2022 (https://www.itu.int/hub/publication/d-ind-ict_mdd-2022/)) (2021 (https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/facts/FactsFigures2021.pdf)) (2020
(https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/facts/FactsFigures2020.pdf)) (2019 (https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/facts/FactsFigures2019.pdf)) (2017
(https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/facts/ICTFactsFigures2017.pdf)).
- Network Readiness Index - (2023 (https://networkreadinessindex.org/wp-content/uploads/reports/nri_2023.pdf)) (2022 (https://networkreadinessindex.org/wp-content/uploads/reports/nri_2022.pdf)) (2021
(https://networkreadinessindex.org/wp-content/uploads/reports/nri_2021.pdf)) (2020 (https://networkreadinessindex.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/NRI-2020-V8_28-11-2020.pdf)) (2019
(https://networkreadinessindex.org/2019/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/The-Network-Readiness-Index-2019-New-version-March-2020-2.pdf)) Network Readiness Index covering 121 economies from Portulans Institute
- GSMA Mobile Connectivity Index (https://www.mobileconnectivityindex.com/) - (2022) Measures countries against four enablers of mobile internet adoption: Infrastructure, Affordability, Consumer Readiness and Content.
- A4AI Affordability Drivers Index - (2021 (https://a4ai.org/affordability-report/data/?_year=2021&indicator=INDEX))(2020 (https://a4ai.org/affordability-report/data/?_year=2020&indicator=INDEX)) - Index of internet affordability by the
Alliance for Affordable Internet Access (A4AI (https://a4ai.org)).
- A4AI Mobile Broadband Data Costs - (2020 (https://a4ai.org/extra/baskets/A4AI/2020/mobile_broadband_pricing_gni))(Q4 2018 (https://a4ai.org/extra/mobile_broadband_pricing_usd-2018Q4)) (2017
(https://a4ai.org/mobile-broadband-pricing-data/)) Price of Broadband Data (1GB mobile prepaid) as % of GNI per capita.
- Inclusive Internet Index (https://theinclusiveinternet.eiu.com/) - (2022) Index sponsored by Meta measuring internet connectivity against Availability, Affordability, Relevance and Readiness.
- Huawei Global Connectivity Index (https://www.huawei.com/minisite/gci/en/) - (2020) Snapshot of 50 nations’ "Digital Transformation" status measured against Supply, Demand, Experience and Potential.
- Cisco Visual Networking Index (https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/service-provider/visual-networking-index-vni/index.html) - Forecast and Trends, 2017–2022 White Paper.
- ITU Broadband Atlas (https://www.itu.int/ITU-D/treg/atlas/broadbandatlas.asp) - (2010) Interactive infographic tool showcasing the status of broadband deployment worldwide and the regulatory landscape for broadband.
- InternetLiveStats (http://www.internetlivestats.com/internet-users-by-country/) - (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 (https://www.internetworldstats.com/) - Internet users compiled from Nielsen and ITU statistics.
- ITU ICT Development Index (http://www.itu.int/net4/ITU-D/idi/) - (2017) Composite index based on three pillars, ICT Access, ICT Use, and ICT Skills.
- World Economic Forum - Networked Readiness Index (http://reports.weforum.org/global-information-technology-report-2016/networked-readiness-index/) - (2016).
- UN E-Government Knowledge Database (https://publicadministration.un.org/egovkb/en-us/Data-Center) - (2016).
- Speedtest Global Index (http://www.speedtest.net/global-index) - (2022) Index of mobile and fixed broadband speeds from around the world on a monthly basis.
- cable.co.uk's Worldwide Broadband Price Comparison - (2022 (https://www.cable.co.uk/mobiles/worldwide-data-pricing/)) (2019 (https://www.cable.co.uk/broadband/speed/worldwide-speed-league/)) (2018
(https://www.cable.co.uk/broadband/pricing/worldwide-comparison/)) Index of broadband costs around the world based on fixed line/wireless access.
- Internet Poverty Index (https://internetpoverty.io/) - The Internet Poverty Index from World Data Lab. (https://worddatalab.com/)
Connectivity Maps
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- African Undersea Cables (https://manypossibilities.net/african-undersea-cables/) - Steve Song's map of African undersea fibre optic cables.
- African Terrestrial Fibre Optic Infrastructure (https://afterfibre.nsrc.org/) - Map of African terrestrial fibre networks, Creative Commons, Open Data.
- Global CDN Infrastructure Map (https://opentelecomdata.org/cdns/) - Steve Song's open data map of Content Distribution Networks around the world.
- Africa Telecoms Map 2024 (https://africa-map-2024.telegeography.com/) - Telegeography's 2024 map of African telecoms including undersea cables, international bandwidth, and cloud data centres.
- Africa Bandwidth Maps (http://www.africabandwidthmaps.com/) - Paul Hamilton's map of African terrestrial fibre and microwave networks.
- Telegeography Submarine Cable Map (https://www.submarinecablemap.com/) - Interactive submarine fibre optic cables.
- Telegeography Annual Submarine Cable Update - (2022 (http://submarine-cable-map-2022.telegeography.com/)) (2021 (http://submarine-cable-map-2021.telegeography.com/)) (2020 (http://submarine-cable-map-2020.telegeography.com/)) (2019
(http://submarine-cable-map-2019.telegeography.com/)) (2018 (http://submarine-cable-map-2018.telegeography.com/))
- Telegeography Cloud Infrastructure Map (https://www.cloudinfrastructuremap.com/) - Map of cloud infastructure providers around the world.
- ITU Interactive Transmission Map (http://www.itu.int/itu-d/tnd-map-public/) - Online map of terrestrial fibre and microwave networks from ITU.
- GSMA Mobile Coverage Maps @ Mobile World Live (http://maps.mobileworldlive.com/) - Somewhat dated but still useful map of mobile network coverage on country by country basis.
- Hurricane Electric 3D map (http://he.net/3d-map/) - Interactive 3D map of undersea cables and Hurrican Electric Points of Presence (POPs) and routes.
- GSMA Mobile Network Coverage Maps (https://www.mobilecoveragemaps.com) - Currently most accurate mobile coverage maps available, currently covers Benin, Burkina Faso, DRC, Congo Republic, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Côte d'Ivoire,
Lesotho, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
- nperf Mobile coverage maps (https://www.nperf.com/en/map) - mobile coverage based on data collected from nperf app (https://www.nperf.com/en/nperf-applications/).
- ITU Disaster Connectivity Map (https://dcm.itu.int/) - a map to assist disaster first responders in determining the status of telecommunications network infrastructure, coverage, and performance.
Periodic Global Connectivity Reports
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- We Are Social (2023 (https://wearesocial.com/ca-en/blog/2023/01/digital-2023/)) (2022 (https://wearesocial.com/uk/blog/2022/01/digital-2022-another-year-of-bumper-growth-2/)) (2021
(https://wearesocial.com/uk/blog/2021/01/digital-2021-uk/)) Annual report by Hootsuite on internet and social media adoption.
- Mobile Gender Gap Report from GSMA - (2023 (https://www.gsma.com/r/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/The-Mobile-Gender-Gap-Report-2023.pdf)) (2022 (https://www.gsma.com/r/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/The-Mobile-Gender-Gap-Report-2022.pdf)) (
2021 (https://www.gsma.com/r/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/The-Mobile-Gender-Gap-Report-2021.pdf)) (2020 (https://www.gsma.com/mobilefordevelopment/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/GSMA-The-Mobile-Gender-Gap-Report-2020.pdf)) (2019
(https://www.gsma.com/mobilefordevelopment/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/GSMA-Connected-Women-The-Mobile-Gender-Gap-Report-2019.pdf)) (2018
(https://www.gsma.com/mobilefordevelopment/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/GSMA_The_Mobile_Gender_Gap_Report_2018_32pp_WEBv7.pdf))
- Mozilla Internet Health Report - (2020 (https://2020.internethealthreport.org/)) (2019 (https://internethealthreport.org/2019/)) (2018 (https://internethealthreport.org/2018/)).
- GSMA Mobile Economy (https://www.gsma.com/mobileeconomy/) - (2023 (https://www.gsma.com/mobileeconomy/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/270223-The-Mobile-Economy-2023.pdf)) (2022
(https://www.gsma.com/mobileeconomy/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/280222-The-Mobile-Economy-2022.pdf)) (2019 (https://manypossibilities.net/report-archives/GSMA_The_Mobile_Economy_2019.pdf)) (2018
(https://manypossibilities.net/report-archives/GSMA_The_Mobile_Economy_2018.pdf))
- Broadband Commission: The State of Broadband - (2021 (https://broadbandcommission.org/publication/state-of-broadband-2021/)) (2020 (https://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-s/opb/pol/S-POL-BROADBAND.21-2020-PDF-E.pdf)) (2019
(https://www.broadbandcommission.org/Documents/StateofBroadband19.pdf))(2018 (https://www.broadbandcommission.org/publications/Pages/SOB-2018.aspx)) (2017 (http://www.broadbandcommission.org/publications/Pages/SOB-2017.aspx))
- ITU Measuring the Information Society - (2018 (https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/events/wtis2018/MISR-2018-Vol-1-E.PDF)) (2017 (https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/publications/mis2017.aspx))
- GSMA - State of Mobile Internet Connectivity (2023 (https://www.gsma.com/r/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/The-State-of-Mobile-Internet-Connectivity-Report-2023.pdf)) (2022
(https://www.gsma.com/r/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/The-State-of-Mobile-Internet-Connectivity-Report-2022.pdf)) (2020 (https://www.gsma.com/r/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/GSMA-State-of-Mobile-Internet-Connectivity-Report-2020.pdf)) (2019
(https://www.gsma.com/mobilefordevelopment/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GSMA-State-of-Mobile-Internet-Connectivity-Report-2019.pdf)) (2018
(https://www.gsma.com/mobilefordevelopment/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/State-of-Mobile-Internet-Connectivity-2018.pdf))
- Ericsson Mobility Report (https://www.ericsson.com/en/mobility-report) - (Jun 2023 (https://www.ericsson.com/en/reports-and-papers/mobility-report/reports/june-2023)) (Nov 2022
(https://www.ericsson.com/4ae28d/assets/local/reports-papers/mobility-report/documents/2022/ericsson-mobility-report-november-2022.pdf)) (Jun 2022
(https://www.ericsson.com/49d3a0/assets/local/reports-papers/mobility-report/documents/2022/ericsson-mobility-report-june-2022.pdf)) (Nov 2021
(https://www.ericsson.com/assets/local/reports-papers/mobility-report/documents/2021/ericsson-mobility-report-november-2021.pdf)) (Q2 2020 Update
(https://www.ericsson.com/4a4e5d/assets/local/mobility-report/documents/2020/emr-q2-update-03092020.pdf)) (Jun 2020 (https://www.ericsson.com/49c840/assets/local/mobility-report/documents/2020/june2020-ericsson-mobility-report.pdf)) (
Nov 2019 (https://www.ericsson.com/en/mobility-report/reports/november-2019)) (Nov 2018 (https://www.ericsson.com/assets/local/mobility-report/documents/2018/ericsson-mobility-report-november-2018.pdf)) (June 2018
(https://www.ericsson.com/assets/local/mobility-report/documents/2018/ericsson-mobility-report-june-2018.pdf)).
- Deloitte - Global mobile consumer trends (https://www2.deloitte.com/global/en/pages/technology-media-and-telecommunications/articles/gx-global-mobile-consumer-trends.html) (2017)
- A4AI Affordability Report (http://a4ai.org/affordability-report/report/) - (2020 (https://a4ai.org/affordability-report/report/2020/)) (2019 (https://a4ai.org/affordability-report/report/2019/)) (2018
(http://1e8q3q16vyc81g8l3h3md6q5f5e-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/A4AI-2018-Affordability-Report.pdf)) (2017 (http://a4ai.org/affordability-report/report/2017)).
- Akamai State of the Internet / Connectivity Report (https://www.akamai.com/uk/en/multimedia/documents/state-of-the-internet/q1-2017-state-of-the-internet-connectivity-report.pdf) - (Q1 2017) Report on connectivity from large CDN
company.
- World Economic Forum - Global Information Technology Report (http://reports.weforum.org/global-information-technology-report-2016/) - (2016) Examines the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in driving innovation
and includes Network Readiness Index.
- UN E-Government Survey 2018 (https://publicadministration.un.org/egovkb/en-us/Reports/UN-E-Government-Survey-2018) 2016 (https://publicadministration.un.org/egovkb/en-us/Reports/UN-E-Government-Survey-2016) - Global E–Government and
E-Participation Development Index.
- OECD Broadband Portal (https://www.oecd.org/internet/broadband/broadband-statistics/) - Latest data update: 10 February 2022.
- AfterAccess - Mobile & Internet Use in the Global South (http://afteraccess.net/wp-content/uploads/After-Access-Website-layout-r1.pdf) - 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 - 2019 (https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/publications/prices2019/ITU_ICTpriceTrends_2019.pdf) - 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
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- Development and Access to Information (DA2i) Regional Reports (https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/da2i.reports/viz/DA2iRegionalReports/Introduction) - Dashboards profiling Connectivity, Freedom, and Gender Equity by the TASCHA
group (https://tascha.uw.edu/) at the University of Washington. Funded by IFLA (https://www.ifla.org/).
- e-Conomy Africa 2020 (https://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/publications_ext_content/ifc_external_publication_site/publications_listing_page/google-e-conomy): Africa’s $180 Billion Internet Economy Future - IFC/Google sponsored report
on Africa's internet economy
- GSMA Mobile Economy - Middle East & North Africa (2022 (https://www.gsma.com/mobileeconomy/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/GSMA_MENA_ME2022_R_WebSingles.pdf))
- GSMA Mobile Economy - West Africa (2019 (https://www.gsma.com/r/mobileeconomy/west-africa/)) (2018 (https://www.gsma.com/subsaharanafrica/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/2018-04-11-e568fe9e710ec776d82c04e9f6760adb.pdf))
- GSMA Mobile Economy - Sub-Saharan Africa (2022 (https://www.gsma.com/mobileeconomy/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/The-Mobile-Economy-Sub-Saharan-Africa-2022.pdf))(2021
(https://www.gsma.com/mobileeconomy/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/GSMA_ME_SSA_2021_English_Web_Singles.pdf)) (2020 (https://www.gsma.com/mobileeconomy/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/GSMA_MobileEconomy2020_SSA_Eng.pdf)) (2018
(https://policy.communitynetworks.group/_media/gsma_mobile_economy-ssa_2018.pdf))
- GSMA Mobile Economy - Latin America (2022 (https://www.gsma.com/mobileeconomy/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/GSMA_LATAM_ME2022_R_Web.pdf)) (2021 (https://www.gsma.com/mobileeconomy/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/GSMA_ME_LATAM_2021.pdf))
- GSMA Mobile Economy - Asia Pacific (2021 (https://www.gsma.com/mobileeconomy/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/GSMA_ME_APAC_2021_Web_Singles.pdf)) 2020
(https://www.gsma.com/mobileeconomy/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/GSMA_MobileEconomy_2020_AsiaPacific.pdf)
- GSMA Mobile Economy - Africa 2016 (https://www.gsma.com/mobileeconomy/africa/)
- African Telecommunications Infrastructure Development @manypossibilities.net - 2014-2022 (https://manypossibilities.net/series/africa-telecom-infrastructure/)
- RIA Africa Mobile Pricing (RAMP) Indices Portal - (Q3 2022 (https://researchictafrica.net/research-ict-africa-ramp-index-2/)) - Pricing information on Voice/SMS basket, 1GB data basket, and Value For Money bundles.
- Opera - State of the Mobile Web Africa - (2019 (https://blogs.opera.com/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/SMW_2019.pdf)) (2016
(https://blogs.opera.com/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/11/SMWAfrica-Opera-report-2016-01-WEB-1.pdf)).
- Ericsson Mobility Report - Sub-Saharan Africa - (2015 (https://manypossibilities.net/report-archives/EricssonMobilityReport-nov-2015-regional-report-sub-saharan-africa.pdf))
- Open Signal - State of Mobile Networks Reports (http://opensignal.com/reports/) - Report covers a potpourri of countries based on OpenSignal data gathering.
- Lions go digital: The Internet’s transformative potential in Africa (https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/high-tech/our-insights/lions-go-digital-the-internets-transformative-potential-in-africa) - (2013) Report by global consulting
firm McKinsey on the potential impact of the Internet in Africa.
Other sources
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- ITU Data Hub (https://datahub.itu.int/) - a revamp of the ITU World ICT/Telecommunication Indicators Database (WTID), now free for non-commercial use
- SpeedChecker Insights (https://insights.speedchecker.com/) - Periodic country-level reports on mobile internet speeds, latency, and coverage
- Cloudflare Radar (https://radar.cloudflare.com/) - Invaluable resource on internet traffic, security, routing, outages, DNS, and more.
- GSMA - Enabling Rural Coverage (https://www.gsma.com/mobilefordevelopment/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Enabling_Rural_Coverage_English_February_2018.pdf) - (Feb 2018) Regulatory and policy recommendations to foster mobile broadband
coverage in developing countries.
- Facebook Audience Insights (https://www.facebook.com/ads/audience-insights/) - Demographic information on Facebook usage.
- SimilarWeb - Mobile App Ranking (https://www.similarweb.com/apps/top/google/app-index/us/all/top-free) - Ranking of popular mobile apps across countries.
- Global Stats by StatCounter (http://gs.statcounter.com/) - Browser market share over time by browser, region, OS.
- Global Mobile Suppliers Association (https://gsacom.com/) - Various reports on LTE and 5G adoption.
- Social Bakers Regional Reports (https://www.socialbakers.com/resources/reports/) - Country reports on social media use.
- CIESIN Earth Institute - High Resolution Settlement Layer GIS data (https://ciesin.columbia.edu/data/hrsl/) - HRSL datasets offering unprecedented accuracy in population mapping.
- Kleiner Perkins Mary Meeker Internet Trends Report (https://www.kleinerperkins.com/perspectives/internet-trends-report-2018/) - (May 2018) Trends that affect and drive internet uptake globally.
- WEF Internet for All (https://www.weforum.org/reports/internet-for-all-a-framework-for-accelerating-internet-access-and-adoption/) - (2016) A Framework for Accelerating Internet Access and Adoption.
- M-Lab Visualization Platform (https://www.measurementlab.net/visualizations/) - M-Lab is an open, verifiable measurement platform for global network performance.
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's Internet Intelligence Map (https://internetintel.oracle.com/about.html) - Interactive map reporting issues that impact the performance of the Internet.
- LTE, WiMAX, HSPA+, 3G, GSM information by country (https://www.worldtimezone.com/4g.html) - Reasonably up-to-date list of mobile networks around the world and their associated frequencies.
- Cisco Annual Internet Report (2018–2023) White Paper (https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/collateral/executive-perspectives/annual-internet-report/white-paper-c11-741490.html) - Updated:February 28, 2020.
- IPinfo.io - Country Pages (https://ipinfo.io/countries) - 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 (https://radar.cloudflare.com/quality) - Estimated country-level internet download speeds and performance.
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