Internet Feature in india 2050
According to article of India today news channel india is ccurrentlyat a stage where a booming Internet infrastructure has made people rely on the next-generation of communication service more than ever before. With Reliance Jio making 4G LTE Internet a staple across the country, India has warmed up to a slew of modern Internet-based services and is looking forward to higher integration with daily lives. With more and more people latching on to networks, service providers have figured out a way to provide fast and reliable Internet connectivity for reasonable prices. However, the scene is not good enough as we all assume.
A media report has come up with the statistics regarding the spread of Internet connectivity across the world. The data shows that the United Nation's goal of empowering 90 per cent of the people around the world with Internet services by the year 2050 wouldn't be possible. The culprit for this has to be the development rate at which Internet is penetrating the other half of the world.
"If there is any kind of faltering in the rate of people coming online, which it appears that there is, then we'll have a real challenge in getting 70, 80 or 90 per cent connected," said Adrian Lovett, CEO of the World Wide Web Foundation.
But why is this happening
To understand the reason behind a slower rate of growth, we need to look at how the Internet infrastructure has grown over the past couple of years. With the advent of newer and faster Internet infrastructure such as 3G and 4G in the second decade of the 21st century, companies in the developed world have invested highly to bring the technology to masses. From the telecom service providers to phone manufacturers, everyone has been pushing new technologies deeper. In fact, the rate at which these developed nations have grown in terms of connectivity infrastructure is enormous
However, the other half of the world comprising of developing nations faces lots of issues in terms of adopting new technologies. Several South East Asian, as well as African countries, still have a majority of the population who can barely afford basic luxuries such as clothing and shelter. With the primary focus on making ends meet, it becomes difficult for these people to shell out a substantial amount of their earnings for affording Internet connectivity.
Losses are too high
While it is easy to assume that the affordability factor can be tackled by providing Internet accessibility at concessional rates, it becomes difficult on the account of telecom service providers to reduce incurring losses. The total cost of setting up an advanced telecom infrastructure in a developed nation can be offset by making it appeal to a larger number of people who can afford the Internet easily. For the developing counterparts, service providers incur a lot of costs to set up the towers, wiring and all other necessary equipment. To offset some of the high costs, the initial prices are very high, making it out f reach for the people.
As the statistics say, the UN's target for affordable Internet is 2 per cent of monthly income for one gigabyte of data. In South Africa, only 20 per cent of the wealthy population can afford that. The other 60 per cent can't afford to part with 6 per cent, or even 20 per cent in some cases, of their income. Mozambique's majority can't afford Internet at all. Same stands for several other nations in Africa.
"There should be no complacency that we will somehow magically progress towards everyone being online. If you are not connected when the majority of your fellow citizens in the world are, you become marginalised in a way that could be more dire and more challenging than perhaps anything we've seen before," Lovett added.
Money's not only the sole reason
If you assume monetary issues to be the sole reason for poor development, there's one more factor that needs to be considered - the lack of education and skills. Sonia Jorge, executive director of the Alliance for Affordable Internet, says, "The lack of skills is almost a crisis and it is much greater in the developing world." The Internet is all about spreading education as well as enlightening the world with information. Without formal training or basic educational skills, bringing the Internet to such an audience is useless. The government and institutions will have to figure out a way to enhance literacy before providing them with a very powerful tool
According to article of India today news channel india is ccurrentlyat a stage where a booming Internet infrastructure has made people rely on the next-generation of communication service more than ever before. With Reliance Jio making 4G LTE Internet a staple across the country, India has warmed up to a slew of modern Internet-based services and is looking forward to higher integration with daily lives. With more and more people latching on to networks, service providers have figured out a way to provide fast and reliable Internet connectivity for reasonable prices. However, the scene is not good enough as we all assume.
A media report has come up with the statistics regarding the spread of Internet connectivity across the world. The data shows that the United Nation's goal of empowering 90 per cent of the people around the world with Internet services by the year 2050 wouldn't be possible. The culprit for this has to be the development rate at which Internet is penetrating the other half of the world.
"If there is any kind of faltering in the rate of people coming online, which it appears that there is, then we'll have a real challenge in getting 70, 80 or 90 per cent connected," said Adrian Lovett, CEO of the World Wide Web Foundation.
But why is this happening
To understand the reason behind a slower rate of growth, we need to look at how the Internet infrastructure has grown over the past couple of years. With the advent of newer and faster Internet infrastructure such as 3G and 4G in the second decade of the 21st century, companies in the developed world have invested highly to bring the technology to masses. From the telecom service providers to phone manufacturers, everyone has been pushing new technologies deeper. In fact, the rate at which these developed nations have grown in terms of connectivity infrastructure is enormous
However, the other half of the world comprising of developing nations faces lots of issues in terms of adopting new technologies. Several South East Asian, as well as African countries, still have a majority of the population who can barely afford basic luxuries such as clothing and shelter. With the primary focus on making ends meet, it becomes difficult for these people to shell out a substantial amount of their earnings for affording Internet connectivity.
Losses are too high
While it is easy to assume that the affordability factor can be tackled by providing Internet accessibility at concessional rates, it becomes difficult on the account of telecom service providers to reduce incurring losses. The total cost of setting up an advanced telecom infrastructure in a developed nation can be offset by making it appeal to a larger number of people who can afford the Internet easily. For the developing counterparts, service providers incur a lot of costs to set up the towers, wiring and all other necessary equipment. To offset some of the high costs, the initial prices are very high, making it out f reach for the people.
As the statistics say, the UN's target for affordable Internet is 2 per cent of monthly income for one gigabyte of data. In South Africa, only 20 per cent of the wealthy population can afford that. The other 60 per cent can't afford to part with 6 per cent, or even 20 per cent in some cases, of their income. Mozambique's majority can't afford Internet at all. Same stands for several other nations in Africa.
"There should be no complacency that we will somehow magically progress towards everyone being online. If you are not connected when the majority of your fellow citizens in the world are, you become marginalised in a way that could be more dire and more challenging than perhaps anything we've seen before," Lovett added.
Money's not only the sole reason
If you assume monetary issues to be the sole reason for poor development, there's one more factor that needs to be considered - the lack of education and skills. Sonia Jorge, executive director of the Alliance for Affordable Internet, says, "The lack of skills is almost a crisis and it is much greater in the developing world." The Internet is all about spreading education as well as enlightening the world with information. Without formal training or basic educational skills, bringing the Internet to such an audience is useless. The government and institutions will have to figure out a way to enhance literacy before providing them with a very powerful tool
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