Meaningful Connectivity: Rural Report
This report details the urban-rural connectivity gap in nine low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and what that means for their potential to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
Theme Meaningful Connectivity
4G for Meaningful Connectivity Research Series, in partnership with Opensignal
This page collects and summarises the work produced from the partnership between the Alliance for Affordable Internet and Opensignal around the theme of 4G for Meaningful Connectivity. It supports one of the key pillars of the Meaningful Connectivity framework –…
Advancing Meaningful Connectivity: Towards Active and Participatory Digital Societies
In this new report we describe how, while two in three people are now online according to the current definition of internet access, billions lack the meaningful connectivity they need to make the most of the internet.
Device Pricing 2021
Following our publication of From Luxury to Lifeline in 2020, this is A4AI’s second data collection on device prices and the first with global coverage. It’s the world’s largest open dataset on mobile device prices, with indications of the cheapest new smartphone and feature phone from a major mobile network operator in 187 countries.
Improving Mobile Broadband Quality of Service in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
The report provides the first set of publicly available data around upload and download speeds from across 54 low- and middle-income countries.
Closing the Investment Gap: How Multilateral Development Banks Can Contribute to Digital Inclusion
This report looks at the role of multilateral development banks (MDBs) in closing the digital divide and enabling universal internet access. The research specifically explores how — and how much — MDBs are investing in the ICT sector across low- and middle-income countries.