Panama comes out top (66 in the world), followed by Costa Rica (71), El Salvador (103), Honduras (107), and then Nicaragua (113). Guatemala does not appear in the general list.
Monday, October 15, 2012
In Latin America Uruguay is first (50 in the overall list), followed by Chile (55), Argentina (56), Brazil (60).
The Index of ICT Development (ITD in Spanish) which once a year presents to the International Telecommunication Union its report entitled "Measuring the Information Society", is a composite index that combines 11 indicators into a reference value (presented on a scale from 0 to 10).
The objectives of the ITD are to oversee progress in ICT’s, both in developed and developing countries, and to measure the evolution of the digital divide in the world.
The IDT is divided into three sub-indices: access, use and skills, and each reflects different aspects and components of the development process of ITC. The report presents the results of IDT in 2011 for 155 countries, and compares them with those of 2010.
For the second consecutive year, the Republic of Korea leads the IDT 2011, followed by Sweden. The other ten countries (in order) are Denmark, Iceland, Finland, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Japan, the United Kingdom and Switzerland (Table 1).
It is noteworthy that the five countries in the top positions have not changed between 2010 and 2011, and therefore maintain the highest levels of ICT in the world. Between 2010 and 2011, almost all of the 155 countries included in the index improved their IDT values , demonstrating the continued growth of ICT uptake worldwide. On average, the IDT rose by 0.21 points.
9.3 million mobile phone lines were registered at the end of 2015, but they are only able to operate on the 3G network as the 4G network has not even been put out to tender yet.
While the rest of the region has already made progress in the use of 4G technology, in El Salvador the process for awarding frequencies of that band between telecommunications companies has not yet even started.In the developed world they are now planning the implementation of 5G technology.
Top of the list in the region is Panama (57 in the world), followed by Costa Rica (58), Guatemala (98), Honduras (99), El Salvador (103) and Nicaragua (131).
The Global Information and Communication Technologies Report 2012 is prepared by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in collaboration with INSEAD Business School.
Costa Rica leads in Central America (position 49 in the world), followed by Panama (58), El Salvador (81), Guatemala (83), Honduras (106) and Nicaragua (125).
The Global Information Technology Report 2009-2010 was published today by the World Economic Forum and Insead Business School.
The region places between 56 and 125 in the world in harnessing information and telecommunication technologies (ICTs).
To calculate the placement, three areas were taken into account: Environment, Preparedness and Use. Environment measures the degree to which the country's general atmosphere promotes the development of ICTs, measuring factors such as market infrastructure and regulation.
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