Online Users to Connect to the Internet in New Ways in 2012– IDC
An estimated 1.4 billion people or a quarter of the world’s population will use the Internet on a regular basis this year. This is expected to surpass 1.9 billion unique users or 30 percent of the world’s population in 2012, according to IDC’s Digital Marketplace Model and Forecast.
IDC expects mobile devices to surpass the number of PC’s as means in gaining access to the Internet by 2012. Downloading music, videos, and ringtones will become the number one activity among mobile Internet users worldwide by that time.
Here are some highlights of the study:
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