Target 2: Making broadband affordable
By 2015, entry-level broadband services should be made affordable in developing countries through adequate regulation and market forces (amounting to less than 5% of average monthly income).

> The price of broadband access plays a critical role in terms of broadband diffusion. While broadband is becoming more affordable worldwide, with prices falling everywhere, it nonetheless remains unaffordable in many parts of the developing world.

> In 49 economies in the world – mostly rich-world economies – broadband access in 2010 cost less that 2% of average income.

> This compares to 32 economies in the world in 2010 where broadband access cost more than half of average national income.

> In 2010, there were 35 developing economies (out of 118) where broadband access cost less than 5% of average monthly income, up from 21 two years earlier.

> Current data is based on fixed broadband, but as mobile broadband data becomes available it will be included in the rankings.

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Digital divide »Digital divide
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Target 2: Making broadband affordable
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