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Mobile Broadband Closing Digital Divide in Central Asia, South Caucasus: GSMA

Mobile connections are critical to closing the digital divide in Central Asia and the South Caucasus, said a GSMA report released Tuesday. GSMA said more than 40% of the population live in rural areas “where mobile connectivity is the primary,…

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and often only, form of internet access.” Countries in the region are undergoing a digital revolution, driven by ambitious government digital transformation initiatives and a general trend towards greater digitalisation, spurred by the pandemic,” the report said. While 45 million people in the region use mobile broadband, another 50 million remain unconnected, GSMA said.