In the annual ranking of the International telecommunication Union Uzbekistan rose by one position.

International telecommunication Union, November 24, published its annual flagship report "measuring the information society" (Measuring the Information Society Report), is an important part of IDI (ICT Development Index, IDI).

By the end of 2013, first place in the IDI (the index is a comprehensive mapping, in which 166 countries are ranked according to three indicators: level of ICT access, use and skills with them) occupied Denmark. It is followed by the Republic of Korea.

Among the first 30 countries in the ranking of European countries and countries with high incomes from other regions, including Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Japan, Macao (China), New Zealand, Singapore and the United States of America.

Europe with an average IDI value 7,14 (maximum possible value is 10) still significantly ahead of the following indicators of the region - the Commonwealth of Independent States - 5,33, followed by North and South America - 4,86, Asia-Pacific 4,57, the Arab States - 4,55 and Africa - 2,31.

Regional averages IDI in the last 12 months increased to the CIS and the Arab States. In General, your rating has increased in almost all surveyed countries this year.

The report identified a group of "the most dynamic countries, which last year marked increase rating by IDI above-average. These include (starting from the countries that succeeded): United Arab Emirates, Fiji, Cape Verde, Thailand, Oman, Qatar, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Georgia. The values of the IDI on average twice as high in developed countries than in developing countries.

"New analytical results given in the report show that many of the indicators of the Millennium development Goals the UN is largely correlated with IDI, first of all it concerns reducing poverty and improving health, " said Brahima Sanou, Director, telecommunication development Bureau, ITU, prepared the study. "The report also concludes that progress in ICT development related to progress in achieving some of the MDGs. ITU has long been firmly convinced that ICT is a cornerstone of the socio-economic development".

The ICT development index, published by ITU in 2009, is used by governments, UN agencies, and industry to assess the overall development of ICT at the national level. IDI combines 11 indicators, including the number of contracts for mobile cellular subscriptions, the number of households with computers, number of Internet users, the number of contracts on fixed and mobile Internet and basic literacy.

CIS and Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan in the new ICT development Index ranked 115th place, with a score 3,40 (the average value of the IDI for all 166 countries in the rating of 4.77). In 2012, Uzbekistan was ranked 116th place (IDI - 3,27, mean - 4,60).

Indicators of the level of access to ICT Uzbekistan was on 136th place (IDI - 2,95, 2012 - 136 and 2,78), "the use of ICT - 101-m site (IDI - 2,09, 2012 - 98 and 1,94) and "skills ICT - 91-m (IDI - 6,94, 2012 - 91 and also 6,94).

In the CIS region, the higher the value of the IDI is Belarus - 6,89, Russia it is 6,70. In all the countries of the CIS index is below the average for developed countries - 7,20. The most notable improvement rating was recorded on Belarus from 43rd place in 2012 to 38 in 2013 and Georgia (not included in the CIS, but are included in the ranking of the countries of the Commonwealth) from 83 to 72. Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan have improved the rating on one item, all the rest of the CIS rating deteriorated by one step (except Kazakhstan, whose rating has not changed, and Ukraine, which lost two places).

As noted in the report, ITU, at the end of 2013 in the CIS region has seen the highest mobile penetration in comparison with other regions of the world - 137%. In all CIS countries, except Uzbekistan, the number of mobile subscribers exceeds the population (penetration above 100% does not mean that mobile communication is provided to 100% of the population).

The largest number of households with at the end of last year, the Internet and computer marked in Russia 67% and 70%, respectively. In Azerbaijan, Belarus and Kazakhstan this figure exceeds 50%, while in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, it is less than 10%.
Russia also leads in the total capacity of international Internet channel, however, the bandwidth per user Russia lags behind many countries of the CIS. The highest throughput per user, according to the report, in Moldova (115845 bps), followed by Belarus (94797 bps) and Georgia (82094 bps). Low bandwidth is celebrated in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan - as the authors report, "it restricts access to the Internet and, accordingly, further development of the ICT sector in these countries."

At the end of 2013, half of the CIS countries reached a penetration of wireless broadband access at over 45%. The highest level in the Russian Federation (60%) and Kazakhstan (56,5%). The most rapid growth over the past year have been observed in Georgia (from 9% to 17%). The lowest rate of penetration of wireless broadband Ukraine (7%).

The coverage of fixed broadband access in the region is the leader of Belarus of 30%. A relatively wide coverage in Azerbaijan and Russia - 17%. In Uzbekistan this indicator at the end of last year was 1.1%.

The range of prices at the most affordable plan fixed-line broadband subscribers in the CIS is from 0.5% to 11.9% of nominal GDP per capita, average price by region is 3.8%. The lowest tariffs in the Commonwealth are observed in Russia - here you can connect to the plan 5 Mbps for 6.3 per month.

In most CIS countries the tariffs for fixed broadband not exceed 5% (the so-called threshold distance from GDP y/n, except Uzbekistan - 5,14% (based on GDP y/n - 1900 dollars), Moldova is 6.2% and Kyrgyzstan is 11.9%. The report emphasizes that prices in Uzbekistan is relatively low - 8,14 dollar (at a rate of 0.26 MB/s), and that by the end of 2015 is expected to lower prices below a threshold distance.

The document identified a number of constraints, according to ITU, the development of fixed broadband access in Uzbekistan. One of the major bottlenecks are worth paying attention to, is the limited international Internet bandwidth at the end of last year, its capacity was only 20 thousand Mbps at 300 thousand subscribers of fixed broadband, the report says.

"Limited international Internet channel is confirmed by the fact that the initial tariff plan in Uzbekistan offers 1.2 GB of traffic per month, while in most CIS countries fixed broadband plans offer unlimited traffic. Further penetration of broadband will require enhanced international channel", - the document says.

According to the authors of the report, to accelerate the process of diffusion of fixed broadband access in the country necessary policy and regulatory measures.

Mobile broadband in Uzbekistan will cost 3,79% GDP y/n or $ 6 for 500 MB of traffic and 5,68% GDP y/n or 8,99 USD per 1 GB.

Telephone communication in Uzbekistan remains one of the most affordable in the world. The cost of fixed telephone lines by the end of 2013 amounted to 0.62% of GDP y/n or 0.97 USD, the average tariff for mobile communications - 1,82% GDP y/n or 2,89 dollar.

Statistics: Uzbekistan (2012 / 2013)

Fixed phones per 100 population - 6,9 / 6,9.

Mobile subscribers per 100 population - 71 / 74,3.

Bandwidth international Internet channel to the user, bps - 959 / 1809.

The percentage of households with computers - 8 / 9,3.

The percentage of households with Internet access - 9,6 / a 9.5.

The percentage of the population using the Internet 36,5 / 38,2.

 Users fixed broadband per 100 population - 0,7 / a 1.1.

Users of wireless broadband per 100 population - 20.4 / 22,8.

Note: the underlined figures are estimates of the ITU.

Statistics: world

All over the world use the Internet more than 3 billion people. Growth globally in 2014 amounted to 6.6% (in developed countries was 3.3%, in the developing world - 8,7%).

For five years (2009-2014), the number of Internet users in developing countries has doubled, and now 2/3 of people with access to the Internet, live in the developing world.

Of the 4.3 billion people not yet using the Internet, 90% live in developing countries.

42 the least developed countries (LDCs), with a population of 2.5 billion people, ICT remain largely unavailable, particularly for the dominant population in rural areas.

In the segment of mobile cellular by the end of 2014 there will be over 7 billion contracts, which is approximately equal to the total population of the globe.

At that 450 million people worldwide live where there is still no mobile cellular.

There has been significant improvement in access to international bandwidth in low-income countries - developing countries ' share of total global international bandwidth, which in 2004 was 9%, now exceeds 30%.

By the end of this year, nearly 44% of households in the world will have at home access to the Internet, while last year was 40%, and in 2010 - 30%.

 In developed countries, access home Internet access have 78% of households, whereas in developing countries 31%, and in 48 countries classified by the UN among the least developed, is only 5%.

In developed countries, the vast majority of schools have broadband Internet, in many industrialized countries ensure 100% connectivity of schools.

In developing countries also made significant progress, but the access levels vary widely not only in different countries, but in the different areas of the same country.

Only 10% of post offices in the world provide the population with Internet access, despite the fact that broadband connection have 20% of them. The increase in the number of post offices that provide Internet access, up to 45% will provide connectivity to the Internet, 1/3 rural areas and cities in the world.

The gap between the diffusion of ICTs in urban and rural areas are the least noticeable in countries with highly developed economies such as Japan and the Republic of Korea, where Internet penetration in households only 4% more in urban areas than in rural areas. In Colombia and Morocco this difference reaches 35%.

Prices for broadband access continue to fall: for 2008-2013 prices for basic services fixed broadband in the world decreased by 70%. During the same period, the standard basic broadband speed has increased from 256 kbit/s to 1 Mbit/s

In developing countries there is a sharp decline in prices by an average of 20% per year. In most developing countries, the tariff plan for fixed broadband exceeds 5% of GDP per capita.

Mobile broadband is 6 times the acceptable price in developed countries compared with developing countries.

Lower costs for fixed broadband in developing countries could amount to 10% as a result of increasing competition and improving the regulatory framework.

In the production of Internet content is dominated by developed countries.

Every minute in YouTube more than 100 hours of video content, it is the largest service share a video with over 1 billion hits per month.

Wikipedia, the largest and most widely used online encyclopedia, contains over 30 million articles in 287 languages.

Registered domain names in developed countries in 2013 amounted to 80% of all new registrations, while the Desk from Africa accounted for less than 1%.