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<div data-align="center">
<p><img width="605" height="495" src="images/awesome-connectivity-logo.svg" alt="Awesome Connectivity Logo">
<br> <sup>Inspired by Sindre Sorhus’s
<a href="https://awesome.re">awesome list</a> of awesome lists</sup>
<br></p>
</div>
<h1 id="awesome"><a href="https://awesome.re"><img
src="https://awesome.re/badge-flat.svg" alt="Awesome" /></a></h1>
<p>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.</p>
<p><sub>More on connectivity on my <a
href="https://manypossibilities.net">website</a> or on
<a rel="me" href="https://mastodon.cloud/@stevesong">Mastodon</a>.</sub></p>
<h2 id="contents">Contents</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="#"></a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#contents">Contents</a></li>
<li><a href="#global-connectivity-indexes">Global Connectivity
Indexes</a></li>
<li><a href="#connectivity-maps">Connectivity Maps</a></li>
<li><a href="#periodic-global-connectivity-reports">Periodic Global
Connectivity Reports</a></li>
<li><a href="#regional-connectivity-reports-and-data">Regional
Connectivity Reports and Data</a></li>
<li><a href="#other-sources">Other sources</a></li>
<li><a href="#license">License</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
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<h2 id="global-connectivity-indexes">Global Connectivity Indexes</h2>
<p><strong><a
href="#"><code>^ back to top ^</code></a></strong></p>
<ul>
<li>ITU Global Connectivity Report - (<a
href="https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/global-connectivity-report-2022/">2022</a>)
- a detailed assessment of the current state of connectivity.</li>
<li><a
href="https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/facts/default.aspx">ITU
Measuring digital development</a> - Facts and Figures. (<a
href="https://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-d/opb/ind/d-ind-ict_mdd-2023-1-pdf-e.pdf">2023</a>)
(<a href="https://www.itu.int/hub/publication/d-ind-ict_mdd-2023/">March
2023 - Focus on Least Developed Countries​</a>) (<a
href="https://www.itu.int/hub/publication/d-ind-ict_mdd-2022/">2022</a>)
(<a
href="https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/facts/FactsFigures2021.pdf">2021</a>)
(<a
href="https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/facts/FactsFigures2020.pdf">2020</a>)
(<a
href="https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/facts/FactsFigures2019.pdf">2019</a>)
(<a
href="https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/facts/ICTFactsFigures2017.pdf">2017</a>).</li>
<li>Portulans Institute - <a
href="https://networkreadinessindex.org/">Network Readiness Index</a> -
(<a
href="https://download.networkreadinessindex.org/reports/data/2024/nri-2024.pdf">2024</a>)
(<a
href="https://networkreadinessindex.org/wp-content/uploads/reports/nri_2023.pdf">2023</a>)
(<a
href="https://networkreadinessindex.org/wp-content/uploads/reports/nri_2022.pdf">2022</a>)
(<a
href="https://networkreadinessindex.org/wp-content/uploads/reports/nri_2021.pdf">2021</a>)
(<a
href="https://networkreadinessindex.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/NRI-2020-V8_28-11-2020.pdf">2020</a>)
(<a
href="https://networkreadinessindex.org/2019/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/The-Network-Readiness-Index-2019-New-version-March-2020-2.pdf">2019</a>)
Network Readiness Index covering 121 economies from Portulans
Institute</li>
<li><a href="https://www.mobileconnectivityindex.com/">GSMA Mobile
Connectivity Index</a> - (2023) Measures countries against four enablers
of mobile internet adoption: Infrastructure, Affordability, Consumer
Readiness and Content.</li>
<li>A4AI Affordability Drivers Index - (<a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220423194006/https://a4ai.org/affordability-report/data/?_year=2021&amp;indicator=INDEX">2021</a>
- link via Internet Archive)(<a
href="https://a4ai.org/affordability-report/data/?_year=2020&amp;indicator=INDEX">2020</a>)
- Index of internet affordability by the Alliance for Affordable
Internet Access (<a href="https://a4ai.org">A4AI</a>).</li>
<li>A4AI Mobile Broadband Data Costs - (<a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210414222555/https://a4ai.org/extra/baskets/A4AI/2020/mobile_broadband_pricing_gni">2020</a>
- link via Internet Archive) (<a
href="https://a4ai.org/extra/mobile_broadband_pricing_usd-2018Q4">Q4
2018</a>) (<a
href="https://a4ai.org/mobile-broadband-pricing-data/">2017</a>) Price
of Broadband Data (1GB mobile prepaid) as % of GNI per capita.</li>
<li><a href="https://theinclusiveinternet.eiu.com/">Inclusive Internet
Index</a> - (2022) Index sponsored by Meta measuring internet
connectivity against Availability, Affordability, Relevance and
Readiness.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.huawei.com/minisite/gci/en/">Huawei Global
Connectivity Index</a> - (2020) Snapshot of 50 nations’ “Digital
Transformation” status measured against Supply, Demand, Experience and
Potential.</li>
<li><a
href="https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/service-provider/visual-networking-index-vni/index.html">Cisco
Visual Networking Index</a> - Forecast and Trends, 2017–2022 White
Paper.</li>
<li><a
href="https://www.itu.int/ITU-D/treg/atlas/broadbandatlas.asp">ITU
Broadband Atlas</a> - (2010) Interactive infographic tool showcasing the
status of broadband deployment worldwide and the regulatory landscape
for broadband.</li>
<li><a
href="http://www.internetlivestats.com/internet-users-by-country/">InternetLiveStats</a>
- (2016) Internet Users by Country, interpolated from ITU, United
Nations Population Division, Internet &amp; Mobile Association of India
(IAMAI), and World Bank data.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.internetworldstats.com/">Internet World
Stats</a> - Internet users compiled from Nielsen and ITU
statistics.</li>
<li><a
href="https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/IDI/default.aspx">ITU
ICT Development Index</a> - (<a
href="https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/idi2024">2024</a>)
(<a
href="https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/IDI2023/">2023</a>)
(<a href="http://www.itu.int/net4/ITU-D/idi/">2017</a>) Composite index
based on three pillars, ICT Access, ICT Use, and ICT Skills.</li>
<li><a
href="http://reports.weforum.org/global-information-technology-report-2016/networked-readiness-index/">World
Economic Forum - Networked Readiness Index</a> - (2016).</li>
<li><a
href="https://publicadministration.un.org/egovkb/en-us/Data-Center">UN
E-Government Knowledge Database</a> - (2024).</li>
<li><a href="https://www.speedtest.net/global-index">Speedtest Global
Index</a> - (2024) Index of mobile and fixed broadband speeds from
around the world on a monthly basis.</li>
<li>cable.co.uk’s Worldwide Broadband Price Comparison - (<a
href="https://www.cable.co.uk/mobiles/worldwide-data-pricing/2023/worldwide_mobile_data_pricing_data.xlsx">2023</a>)
(<a
href="https://www.cable.co.uk/mobiles/worldwide-data-pricing/">2022</a>)
(<a
href="https://www.cable.co.uk/broadband/speed/worldwide-speed-league/">2019</a>)
(<a
href="https://www.cable.co.uk/broadband/pricing/worldwide-comparison/">2018</a>)
Index of broadband costs around the world based on fixed line/wireless
access.</li>
<li><a href="https://internetpoverty.io/">Internet Poverty Index</a>
2024 - The Internet Poverty Index from <a
href="https://worddatalab.com/">World Data Lab.</a></li>
<li><a
href="https://www.airgain.com/blog/emerging-digital-powerhouse-index/">Emerging
Digital Powerhouse Index</a> 2024 - Ranking of OECD countries on factors
ranging from tertiary enrollment to 5G connectivity. Produced by
wireless manufacturer <a
href="https://www.airgain.com/">Airgain</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="connectivity-maps">Connectivity Maps</h2>
<p><strong><a
href="#"><code>^ back to top ^</code></a></strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a
href="https://manypossibilities.net/african-undersea-cables/">African
Undersea Cables</a> - Steve Song’s map of African undersea fibre optic
cables.</li>
<li><a href="https://afterfibre.nsrc.org/">African Terrestrial Fibre
Optic Infrastructure</a> - Map of African terrestrial fibre networks,
Creative Commons, Open Data.</li>
<li><a href="https://opentelecomdata.org/cdns/">Global CDN
Infrastructure Map</a> - Steve Song’s open data map of Content
Distribution Networks around the world (May 2024).</li>
<li><a href="https://africa-map-2024.telegeography.com/">Africa Telecoms
Map 2024</a> - Telegeography’s 2024 map of African telecoms including
undersea cables, international bandwidth, and cloud data centres.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.africabandwidthmaps.com/">Africa Bandwidth
Maps</a> - Paul Hamilton’s map of African terrestrial fibre and
microwave networks.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.submarinecablemap.com/">Telegeography Submarine
Cable Map</a> - Interactive submarine fibre optic cables.</li>
<li>Telegeography Annual Submarine Cable Update - (<a
href="https://submarine-cable-map-2024.telegeography.com/">2024</a>) (<a
href="https://submarine-cable-map-2023.telegeography.com/">2023</a>) (<a
href="http://submarine-cable-map-2022.telegeography.com/">2022</a>) (<a
href="http://submarine-cable-map-2021.telegeography.com/">2021</a>) (<a
href="http://submarine-cable-map-2020.telegeography.com/">2020</a>) (<a
href="http://submarine-cable-map-2019.telegeography.com/">2019</a>) (<a
href="http://submarine-cable-map-2018.telegeography.com/">2018</a>)<br />
</li>
<li><a href="https://subtelforum.com/online-map/">Submarine Telecoms
Forum</a> - SubTelForum has an excellent interactive map and directory
of undersea cables as well as an annual almanac.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.cloudinfrastructuremap.com/">Telegeography
Cloud Infrastructure Map</a> - Map of cloud infastructure providers
around the world.</li>
<li><a href="https://bbmaps.itu.int/bbmaps/">ITU Infrastructure
Connectivity Map</a> - Online map of undersea and terrestrial fibre
optic networks from ITU.</li>
<li><a href="http://maps.mobileworldlive.com/">GSMA Mobile Coverage Maps
@ Mobile World Live</a> - Somewhat dated but still useful map of mobile
network coverage on country by country basis.</li>
<li><a href="http://he.net/3d-map/">Hurricane Electric 3D map</a> -
Interactive 3D map of undersea cables and Hurrican Electric Points of
Presence (POPs) and routes.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.mobilecoveragemaps.com">GSMA Mobile Network
Coverage Maps</a> - Taken offline in April 2024.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.nperf.com/en/map">nperf Mobile coverage
maps</a> - mobile coverage based on data collected from <a
href="https://www.nperf.com/en/nperf-applications/">nperf app</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://dcm.itu.int/">ITU Disaster Connectivity Map</a> - a
map to assist disaster first responders in determining the status of
telecommunications network infrastructure, coverage, and
performance.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="periodic-global-connectivity-reports">Periodic Global
Connectivity Reports</h2>
<p><strong><a
href="#"><code>^ back to top ^</code></a></strong></p>
<ul>
<li>We Are Social (<a
href="https://wearesocial.com/ca-en/blog/2024/01/digital-2024/">2024</a>)
(<a
href="https://wearesocial.com/ca-en/blog/2023/01/digital-2023/">2023</a>)
(<a
href="https://wearesocial.com/uk/blog/2022/01/digital-2022-another-year-of-bumper-growth-2/">2022</a>)
(<a
href="https://wearesocial.com/uk/blog/2021/01/digital-2021-uk/">2021</a>)
Annual report by Hootsuite on internet and social media adoption.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.gsma.com/r/gender-gap/">Mobile Gender Gap
Report</a> from GSMA - (<a
href="https://www.gsma.com/solutions-and-impact/connectivity-for-good/mobile-for-development/blog/the-mobile-gender-gap-report-2024/">2024</a>)
(<a
href="https://www.gsma.com/r/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/The-Mobile-Gender-Gap-Report-2023.pdf">2023</a>)
(<a
href="https://www.gsma.com/r/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/The-Mobile-Gender-Gap-Report-2022.pdf">2022</a>)
(<a
href="https://www.gsma.com/r/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/The-Mobile-Gender-Gap-Report-2021.pdf">2021</a>)
(<a
href="https://www.gsma.com/mobilefordevelopment/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/GSMA-The-Mobile-Gender-Gap-Report-2020.pdf">2020</a>)
(<a
href="https://www.gsma.com/mobilefordevelopment/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/GSMA-Connected-Women-The-Mobile-Gender-Gap-Report-2019.pdf">2019</a>)
(<a
href="https://www.gsma.com/mobilefordevelopment/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/GSMA_The_Mobile_Gender_Gap_Report_2018_32pp_WEBv7.pdf">2018</a>)</li>
<li>Mozilla Internet Health Report - (<a
href="https://2020.internethealthreport.org/">2020</a>) (<a
href="https://internethealthreport.org/2019/">2019</a>) (<a
href="https://internethealthreport.org/2018/">2018</a>).</li>
<li><a href="https://www.gsma.com/mobileeconomy/">GSMA Mobile
Economy</a> - (<a
href="https://www.gsma.com/solutions-and-impact/connectivity-for-good/mobile-economy/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/030325-The-Mobile-Economy-2025.pdf">2025</a>)
(<a
href="https://www.gsma.com/mobileeconomy/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/260224-The-Mobile-Economy-2024.pdf">2024</a>)
(<a
href="https://www.gsma.com/mobileeconomy/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/270223-The-Mobile-Economy-2023.pdf">2023</a>)
(<a
href="https://www.gsma.com/mobileeconomy/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/280222-The-Mobile-Economy-2022.pdf">2022</a>)
(<a
href="https://manypossibilities.net/report-archives/GSMA_The_Mobile_Economy_2019.pdf">2019</a>)
(<a
href="https://manypossibilities.net/report-archives/GSMA_The_Mobile_Economy_2018.pdf">2018</a>)</li>
<li>Broadband Commission: The State of Broadband - (<a
href="https://broadbandcommission.org/publication/state-of-broadband-2024/">2024</a>)
(<a
href="https://broadbandcommission.org/publication/state-of-broadband-2023/">2023</a>)
(<a
href="https://broadbandcommission.org/publication/state-of-broadband-2022/">2022</a>)
(<a
href="https://broadbandcommission.org/publication/state-of-broadband-2021/">2021</a>)
(<a
href="https://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-s/opb/pol/S-POL-BROADBAND.21-2020-PDF-E.pdf">2020</a>)
(<a
href="https://www.broadbandcommission.org/Documents/StateofBroadband19.pdf">2019</a>)(<a
href="https://www.broadbandcommission.org/publications/Pages/SOB-2018.aspx">2018</a>)
(<a
href="http://www.broadbandcommission.org/publications/Pages/SOB-2017.aspx">2017</a>)</li>
<li>ITU Measuring the Information Society - (<a
href="https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/events/wtis2018/MISR-2018-Vol-1-E.PDF">2018</a>)
(<a
href="https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/publications/mis2017.aspx">2017</a>)</li>
<li>GSMA - State of Mobile Internet Connectivity (<a
href="https://www.gsma.com/r/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/The-State-of-Mobile-Internet-Connectivity-Report-2024.pdf">2024</a>)
(<a
href="https://www.gsma.com/r/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/The-State-of-Mobile-Internet-Connectivity-Report-2023.pdf">2023</a>)
(<a
href="https://www.gsma.com/r/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/The-State-of-Mobile-Internet-Connectivity-Report-2022.pdf">2022</a>)
(<a
href="https://www.gsma.com/r/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/GSMA-State-of-Mobile-Internet-Connectivity-Report-2020.pdf">2020</a>)
(<a
href="https://www.gsma.com/mobilefordevelopment/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GSMA-State-of-Mobile-Internet-Connectivity-Report-2019.pdf">2019</a>)
(<a
href="https://www.gsma.com/mobilefordevelopment/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/State-of-Mobile-Internet-Connectivity-2018.pdf">2018</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.ericsson.com/en/mobility-report">Ericsson
Mobility Report</a> - (<a
href="https://www.ericsson.com/4a4b71/assets/local/reports-papers/mobility-report/documents/2024/ericsson-mobility-report-q2-2024-update.pdf">Q2
2024</a>) (<a
href="https://www.ericsson.com/4912e3/assets/local/reports-papers/mobility-report/documents/2024br/emr-business-review-2024.pdf">2024</a>)
(<a
href="https://www.ericsson.com/en/reports-and-papers/mobility-report/reports/june-2023">Jun
2023</a>) (<a
href="https://www.ericsson.com/4ae28d/assets/local/reports-papers/mobility-report/documents/2022/ericsson-mobility-report-november-2022.pdf">Nov
2022</a>) (<a
href="https://www.ericsson.com/49d3a0/assets/local/reports-papers/mobility-report/documents/2022/ericsson-mobility-report-june-2022.pdf">Jun
2022</a>) (<a
href="https://www.ericsson.com/assets/local/reports-papers/mobility-report/documents/2021/ericsson-mobility-report-november-2021.pdf">Nov
2021</a>) (<a
href="https://www.ericsson.com/4a4e5d/assets/local/mobility-report/documents/2020/emr-q2-update-03092020.pdf">Q2
2020 Update</a>) (<a
href="https://www.ericsson.com/49c840/assets/local/mobility-report/documents/2020/june2020-ericsson-mobility-report.pdf">Jun
2020</a>) (<a
href="https://www.ericsson.com/en/mobility-report/reports/november-2019">Nov
2019</a>) (<a
href="https://www.ericsson.com/assets/local/mobility-report/documents/2018/ericsson-mobility-report-november-2018.pdf">Nov
2018</a>) (<a
href="https://www.ericsson.com/assets/local/mobility-report/documents/2018/ericsson-mobility-report-june-2018.pdf">June
2018</a>).</li>
<li><a
href="https://www2.deloitte.com/global/en/pages/technology-media-and-telecommunications/articles/gx-global-mobile-consumer-trends.html">Deloitte
- Global mobile consumer trends</a> (2017)</li>
<li><a href="http://a4ai.org/affordability-report/report/">A4AI
Affordability Report</a> - (<a
href="https://a4ai.org/affordability-report/report/2020/">2020</a>) (<a
href="https://a4ai.org/affordability-report/report/2019/">2019</a>) (<a
href="http://1e8q3q16vyc81g8l3h3md6q5f5e-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/A4AI-2018-Affordability-Report.pdf">2018</a>)
(<a
href="http://a4ai.org/affordability-report/report/2017">2017</a>).</li>
<li><a
href="https://www.akamai.com/uk/en/multimedia/documents/state-of-the-internet/q1-2017-state-of-the-internet-connectivity-report.pdf">Akamai
State of the Internet / Connectivity Report</a> - (Q1 2017) Report on
connectivity from large CDN company.</li>
<li><a
href="http://reports.weforum.org/global-information-technology-report-2016/">World
Economic Forum - Global Information Technology Report</a> - (2016)
Examines the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs)
in driving innovation and includes Network Readiness Index.</li>
<li>UN E-Government Survey <a
href="https://publicadministration.un.org/egovkb/en-us/Reports/UN-E-Government-Survey-2018">2018</a>
<a
href="https://publicadministration.un.org/egovkb/en-us/Reports/UN-E-Government-Survey-2016">2016</a>
- Global E–Government and E-Participation Development Index.</li>
<li><a
href="http://afteraccess.net/wp-content/uploads/After-Access-Website-layout-r1.pdf">AfterAccess
- Mobile &amp; Internet Use in the Global South</a> - 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.</li>
<li>ITU Measuring Digital Development: ICT Price Trends - <a
href="https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/publications/prices2019/ITU_ICTpriceTrends_2019.pdf">2019</a>
- analysis and comparison of price data for mobile-voice services,
mobile data and fixed broadband. Replaces the ‘Measuring the Information
Society Report’.</li>
<li><a href="https://datareportal.com/">DataReportal</a> - Global and
national reports on data usage collected via third parties, produced by
market analysis firm Kepios.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="regional-connectivity-reports-and-data">Regional Connectivity
Reports and Data</h2>
<p><strong><a
href="#"><code>^ back to top ^</code></a></strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Development and Access to Information (DA2i) <a
href="https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/da2i.reports/viz/DA2iRegionalReports/Introduction">Regional
Reports</a> - Dashboards profiling Connectivity, Freedom, and Gender
Equity by the <a href="https://tascha.uw.edu/">TASCHA group</a> at the
University of Washington. Funded by <a
href="https://www.ifla.org/">IFLA</a>.</li>
<li><a
href="https://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/publications_ext_content/ifc_external_publication_site/publications_listing_page/google-e-conomy">e-Conomy
Africa 2020</a>: Africa’s $180 Billion Internet Economy Future -
IFC/Google sponsored report on Africa’s internet economy</li>
<li>GSMA Mobile Economy - Middle East &amp; North Africa (<a
href="https://www.gsma.com/mobileeconomy/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/051223-Mobile-Economy-Middle-East-and-North-Africa-2023.pdf">2023</a>)
(<a
href="https://www.gsma.com/mobileeconomy/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/GSMA_MENA_ME2022_R_WebSingles.pdf">2022</a>)</li>
<li>GSMA Mobile Economy - West Africa (<a
href="https://www.gsma.com/r/mobileeconomy/west-africa/">2019</a>) (<a
href="https://www.gsma.com/subsaharanafrica/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/2018-04-11-e568fe9e710ec776d82c04e9f6760adb.pdf">2018</a>)</li>
<li>GSMA Mobile Economy - Sub-Saharan Africa (<a
href="https://www.gsma.com/mobileeconomy/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/20231017-GSMA-Mobile-Economy-Sub-Saharan-Africa-report.pdf">2023</a>)
(<a
href="https://www.gsma.com/mobileeconomy/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/The-Mobile-Economy-Sub-Saharan-Africa-2022.pdf">2022</a>)(<a
href="https://www.gsma.com/mobileeconomy/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/GSMA_ME_SSA_2021_English_Web_Singles.pdf">2021</a>)
(<a
href="https://www.gsma.com/mobileeconomy/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/GSMA_MobileEconomy2020_SSA_Eng.pdf">2020</a>)
(<a
href="https://policy.communitynetworks.group/_media/gsma_mobile_economy-ssa_2018.pdf">2018</a>)</li>
<li>GSMA Mobile Economy - <a
href="https://www.gsma.com/solutions-and-impact/connectivity-for-good/mobile-economy/latam/">Latin
America</a> (<a
href="https://www.gsma.com/solutions-and-impact/connectivity-for-good/mobile-economy/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/The-Mobile-Economy-Latin-America-2024.pdf">2024</a>)
(<a
href="https://www.gsma.com/mobileeconomy/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/GSMA_LATAM_ME2022_R_Web.pdf">2022</a>)
(<a
href="https://www.gsma.com/mobileeconomy/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/GSMA_ME_LATAM_2021.pdf">2021</a>)</li>
<li>GSMA Mobile Economy - Asia Pacific (<a
href="https://www.gsma.com/solutions-and-impact/connectivity-for-good/mobile-economy/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/240724-Mobile-Economy-Asia-Pacific-2024-FINAL.pdf">2024</a>)
(<a
href="https://www.gsma.com/mobileeconomy/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/GSMA_ME_APAC_2021_Web_Singles.pdf">2021</a>)
<a
href="https://www.gsma.com/mobileeconomy/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/GSMA_MobileEconomy_2020_AsiaPacific.pdf">2020</a></li>
<li>GSMA Mobile Economy - Africa <a
href="https://www.gsma.com/mobileeconomy/africa/">2016</a></li>
<li>African Telecommunications Infrastructure Development <span
class="citation"
data-cites="manypossibilities.net">@manypossibilities.net</span> - <a
href="https://manypossibilities.net/series/africa-telecom-infrastructure/">2014-2023</a></li>
<li>RIA Africa Mobile Pricing (RAMP) Indices Portal - (<a
href="https://researchictafrica.net/research-ict-africa-ramp-index-2/">Q3
2022</a>) - Pricing information on Voice/SMS basket, 1GB data basket,
and Value For Money bundles.</li>
<li>Opera - State of the Mobile Web Africa - (<a
href="https://blogs.opera.com/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/SMW_2019.pdf">2019</a>)
(<a
href="https://blogs.opera.com/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/11/SMWAfrica-Opera-report-2016-01-WEB-1.pdf">2016</a>).</li>
<li>Ericsson Mobility Report - Sub-Saharan Africa - (<a
href="https://www.ericsson.com/en/reports-and-papers/mobility-report/closer-look/sub-saharan-africa">2024</a>)
(<a
href="https://manypossibilities.net/report-archives/EricssonMobilityReport-nov-2015-regional-report-sub-saharan-africa.pdf">2015</a>)</li>
<li><a href="http://opensignal.com/reports/">Open Signal - State of
Mobile Networks Reports</a> - Report covers a potpourri of countries
based on OpenSignal data gathering.</li>
<li><a
href="https://www.opensignal.com/2024/11/11/the-state-of-mobile-network-experience-in-africa">Open
Signal - The state of mobile network experience in Africa</a> -
(November 2024) A look at download speeds and network quality in 27
African countries.</li>
<li><a
href="https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/high-tech/our-insights/lions-go-digital-the-internets-transformative-potential-in-africa">Lions
go digital: The Internet’s transformative potential in Africa</a> -
(2013) Report by global consulting firm McKinsey on the potential impact
of the Internet in Africa.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="other-sources">Other sources</h2>
<p><strong><a
href="#"><code>^ back to top ^</code></a></strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/globalfindex">The
Global Findex</a> - The Global Findex has been published since 2011 but
as of 2025 now includes Digital Connectivity Tracker</li>
<li><a href="https://pulse.internetsociety.org/resilience">Internet
Resilience Index (IRI)</a>- Developed by the Internet Society, the IRI
monitors select, weighted indicators to measure Internet resilience</li>
<li><a href="https://datahub.itu.int/">ITU Data Hub</a> - a revamp of
the ITU World ICT/Telecommunication Indicators Database (WTID), now free
for non-commercial use</li>
<li><a href="https://insights.speedchecker.com/">SpeedChecker
Insights</a> - Periodic country-level reports on mobile internet speeds,
latency, and coverage</li>
<li><a href="https://radar.cloudflare.com/">Cloudflare Radar</a> - (<a
href="https://blog.cloudflare.com/radar-2024-year-in-review/">2024</a>)
(<a
href="https://blog.cloudflare.com/radar-2023-year-in-review/">2023</a>)
(<a
href="https://blog.cloudflare.com/radar-2022-year-in-review/">2022</a>)
Invaluable resource on internet traffic, security, routing, outages,
DNS, and more.</li>
<li><a
href="https://www.gsma.com/mobilefordevelopment/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Enabling_Rural_Coverage_English_February_2018.pdf">GSMA
- Enabling Rural Coverage</a> - (Feb 2018) Regulatory and policy
recommendations to foster mobile broadband coverage in developing
countries.</li>
<li><a
href="https://www.similarweb.com/apps/top/google/app-index/us/all/top-free">SimilarWeb
- Mobile App Ranking</a> - Ranking of popular mobile apps across
countries.</li>
<li><a href="http://gs.statcounter.com/">Global Stats by StatCounter</a>
- Browser market share over time by browser, region, OS.</li>
<li><a href="https://gsacom.com/">Global Mobile Suppliers
Association</a> - Various reports on LTE and 5G adoption.</li>
<li><a
href="https://data.humdata.org/dataset/highresolutionpopulationdensitymaps">Continent
of Africa: High Resolution Population Density Maps</a> by Meta - HRSL
datasets offering unprecedented accuracy in population mapping.</li>
<li><a
href="https://www.kleinerperkins.com/perspectives/internet-trends-report-2018/">Kleiner
Perkins Mary Meeker Internet Trends Report</a> - (May 2018) Trends that
affect and drive internet uptake globally.</li>
<li><a
href="https://www.weforum.org/reports/internet-for-all-a-framework-for-accelerating-internet-access-and-adoption/">WEF
Internet for All</a> - (2016) A Framework for Accelerating Internet
Access and Adoption.</li>
<li><a href="https://datastudio.google.com/s/r6ZnlTmHfwE">M-Lab Global
Network Diagnostic Tool</a> - M-Lab is an open, verifiable measurement
platform for global network performance.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.worldtimezone.com/4g.html">LTE, WiMAX, HSPA+,
3G, GSM information by country</a> - Reasonably up-to-date list of
mobile networks around the world and their associated frequencies.</li>
<li><a
href="https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/collateral/executive-perspectives/annual-internet-report/white-paper-c11-741490.html">Cisco
Annual Internet Report (2018–2023) White Paper</a> - Updated:February
28, 2020.</li>
<li><a href="https://ipinfo.io/countries">IPinfo.io - Country Pages</a>
- Summary of country-level IP data covering top ASNs, important routers,
city-level information, carrier IPs, and other IP data.</li>
<li><a href="https://radar.cloudflare.com/quality">Cloudflare Radar’s
Internet Quality Index</a> - Estimated country-level internet download
speeds and performance.</li>
<li><a
href="https://www.usaid.gov/digital-strategy/implementation-tracks/track1-adopt-ecosystem/digital-ecosystem-country-assessments">USAID
Digital Ecosystem Country Assessments</a> - <a
href="https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/USAID_DECA_Ghana.pdf">Ghana
2024</a> <a
href="https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/2023-05/Tanzania%20DECA%20Report.pdf">Tanzania
2023</a> <a
href="https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/2023-05/Mali%20DECA_English.pdf">Mali
2023</a> <a
href="https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/2022-12/USAID_Zambia_DECA.pdf">Zambia
2022</a> <a
href="https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/USAID_Bangladesh_DECA_1.pdf">Bangladesh
2023</a> <a
href="https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/2022-05/USAID_Nepal_Digital_Ecosystem_Country_Assessment_FINAL.pdf">Nepal
2022</a> <a
href="https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/2022-12/USAID_Libya_DECA.pdf">Libya
2022</a> See website for others. <!-- END RESOURCE LIST --></li>
</ul>
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