The book stated that the following fifteen countries have the highest number of internet users in the world: China (632
million);
USA (269 m); India (198m); Japan (110m); Brazil (105m); Russia (87m);
Indonesia (83m); and Germany (68m). Others are: Nigeria (63m); UK (57m);
France (54m); Mexico (52m); Iran (49m); Egypt (43m) and South Korea
(42m).
The
publication revealed that since 2011, Nigeria has maintained a steady
upward trend in the number of internet users. It stated that from 35.7
million, the figure increased to 42.8 million; 51.8m; 57.7m and 63.2m
internet users in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015; respectively.
Digitalfacts
puts the total number of internet users worldwide at 3.2 billion as at
December 2015; representing a whopping increase of 8.9% over 2.9 billion
internet users recorded at the end of 2014.
Based on the
regional statistics contained in the publication, Asia-Pacific had 1.6
billion internet users as at December 2015; while North America, Latin
America, Western Europe, Central/Eastern Europe and Middle East/Africa
boasted of 288 million; 325 million; 310 million; 238 million; and 429
million; in that order.
The book
further made public that the Nigerian telecom sector, one of the largest
in Africa, is driven almost completely by mobile telephony.
“Rapid
expansion of the wireless networks and competition has driven down voice
tariffs and made basic cellular services affordable, especially for the
poorer rural consumers,” digitalfacts stated.
It also
acknowledged that the relatively affluent urban middle classes
increasingly enjoy 3G and 4G LTE services; adding that consumers face
issues pertaining to service quality and network congestion while
religious extremism in the north of the country has affected
infrastructure investments.
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