Web users to exceed 2 billion

Callandor · Oct 20, 2010, 06:35 AM

Geneva - The number of internet users will surpass two billion this year, approaching a third of the world population, but developing countries need to step up access to the vital tool for economic growth, a UN agency said on Tuesday.

Users have doubled in the past five years, and compare with an estimated global population of 6.9 billion, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) said.
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Source: News24

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