Six in ten people in the world use cell phones, which means 60% of the world's population has cell phone subscription – says a UN report published yesterday.

According to the UN report, Internet usage has surged, more than double to 23% in 2008 up from 11% in 2002 – only 1 in 20 people in poor countries have Internet access, while 1 in 20 worldwide have high speed Internet.

The UN report states that the usage of Mobile broadband has shown significant increase. On average, 3% of people worldwide Mobile broadband, while 14% people use Mobile broadband in rich countries.

The report articulates that the use of fixed line subscriptions (home phones) has increased at a slower rate, from 1 billion in 2002 to 1.27 billion in 2009.

The 106-page U.N. report ranks on the basis of how advanced their information and communications technology (ICT) is. The report ranks Sweden at the top, followed by South Korea at #2, Denmark at #3, Netherlands at #4, Iceland at #5, and Norway at #6. The United States comes at #17, Hong Kong at #11, China at #73 and India at #118.

Meanwhile, the data from the International Telecommunication Union that released its ICT Development Index (IDI) for 2008, articulates that there are now 4.1 billion mobile subscriptions, while there are 1.270 billion fixed line subscribers in the world.