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The ITU (International Telecommunications Union) is a prominent UN agency that addresses global concerns related to ICT (Information and communication technology). A recent research conducted by the ITU has put the UK at a lowly number 10 when compared with other nations in terms of ICT. The higher spots have gone to the Scandinavian nations such as Sweden, Norway and Denmark.

The ITU used two principal tools for conducting the study the ICT Development Index and the ICT Price Basket. The ICT development index measures factors like the number of homes having a computer, skill level and the level of literacy, whereas, the ICT Price Basket is used for comparing the cost of similar ICT services across various nations.

The reason for UK lagging behind other European nations seems to be the fact that ICT services in the country come at a much higher price when compared to a country like Sweden, which has topped the list. Click here for more info on mobile broadband UK.

ITU is also quite optimistic about mobile broadband and believes that it has the potential to provide a major boost to ICT across the globe. The agency pointed out that as technologies like 3G and IMT-2000 are already present in a large number of countries, the basic infrastructure needed for an exponential growth in mobile broadband usage is already in place.