US EditionGSMA DG Argues for $30 Handset as 3.4B Remain Offline
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38% of the world’s population, about 3.120 million people, live in covered areas but do not access mobile Internet. Under this argument, GSMA called for an approach to closing the use gap. Of the rest, 58% use mobile Internet on their own devices and the remaining 4% live areas not reached by mobile networks. By 2024, the growth of coverage by mobile operators led to another 40 million people having mobile Internet infrastructure, with an increa…
Despite the existence of a mobile infrastructure that covers 96% of the world, 3.4 billion people remain deprived of the mobile Internet. The global association GSMA is sounding the alarm.
GSMA DG argues for $30 handset as 3.4B remain offline
The GSMA revealed 3.4 billion people did not use mobile internet services in 2024 despite the vast majority living in areas where network coverage was available, with familiar issues of device cost and lack of relevant content cited as barriers. In its latest State of Mobile Internet Connectivity report, the association found an additional 200 million people used mobile internet services during 2024. This took the number connected using their…
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