The number of Internet users worldwide has mushroomed to reach the two billion mark, the head of the UN’s telecommunications agency, Hamadoun Toure said.The number of mobile phone subscriptions also reached the symbolic threshold of five billion, the secretary general of the UN’s International Telecommunications Union (ITU) told journalists.To read this AFP report in full, see:
www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/01/27/3122545.htm
www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/number-of-net-users-worldwide-reaches-2-billion-un/story-e6frgakx-1225995373822
news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/number-of-internet-users-worldwide-reaches-2-bln-un-20110127-1a5kj.html
news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/number-of-internet-users-worldwide-reaches-2-bln-un-20110127-1a5kj.html
www.zdnet.com.au/internet-users-to-hit-2bn-landline-drops-339308799.htm
2 billion people now surfing the net: UN
The number of Internet users worldwide has mushroomed to reach the two billion mark, the head of the UN’s telecommunications agency, Hamadoun Toure said.