From InformationWeek:
The digital divide is narrowing as citizens in emerging markets get online via computers and mobile phones, with some regions now on a par with developed nations, a ranking of Web-savvy nations showed on Wednesday.
“Encouraging is the apparent narrowing of the digital divide,” said the annual study published by U.S. computer company International Business Machines Corp. and the intelligence unit of British magazine The Economist.
“This is particularly evident in basic connectivity: emerging markets are providing the vast majority of the world’s new phone and Internet connections,” the study found.
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