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Digital Rights
Affordability a major hurdle in ensuring equitable access
Today, access to the internet and mobile phones is critical for people everywhere. Still, 40% of the world’s population has no access to the internet
[i], with countries such as India (50%), Ethiopia (81%), and Brazil (29%) having significant portions of their population classified as “unconnected”
[ii]. In terms of mobile telephony, while access has increased significantly—there were an estimated 5 billion cellphone users as of 2019, only 45% of mobile phone users in developing countries have access to a smartphone.
