The State of Broadband 2019: Broadband as a Foundation for Sustainable Development
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2019 marks the first full year when more than half of the world has begun to participate online in the global digital economy. This year also marks the 30th birthday of the World Wide Web, and 25 years since the first e-commerce transaction.
Fifty years on, the internet’s growth is maturing. Hundreds of millions of new users still are coming online every year, but overall growth is slowing, both as a function of the large existing user base, and because of significant challenges in reaching those not yet connected.
