Mobile broadband pricing data

What is the price of internet access across the developing world? Our new data — released September 2018 — looks at the cost to purchase 1GB of mobile broadband across 60 low- and middle-income countries.

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Affordable internet is “1 for 2”

Closing the growing digital divide and achieving universal access means we must work toward a more ambitious affordability target — 1GB of mobile data priced at 2% or less of average monthly income.

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US$400 million of funding to expand internet access sitting dormant

The Web Foundation, the Alliance for Affordable Internet and UN Women are calling on governments to invest at least 50% of funds collected for expanding connectivity in projects targeting women’s internet access and use.

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2017 Affordability Report & Regional Snapshots

A4AI's 2017 Affordability Report examines the state of policy progress toward affordable internet across 58 low- and middle-income countries. A series of short reports offer additional insight into the progress being made by region.

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The Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) is a global coalition working to drive down the cost of internet access in low- and middle-income countries through policy and regulatory reform.

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How we work

Driven by the belief that affordability should not be a barrier to internet access, we use a combination of advocacy, research, and in-country engagement to develop the policies needed to reduce the cost to connect and enable everyone, everywhere to afford to come online.

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Where we work

Our work is focused in the low- and middle-income countries where internet costs tend to be the highest, and is led by national, in-country coalitions across Africa, Asia and Latin America.

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