Updated On: 20 October, 2010 11:36 AM IST | | Agencies
The number of Internet users will surpass two billion by the end of this year, approaching a third of the world population, according to United Nations statistics.
The number of Internet users will surpass two billion by the end of this year, approaching a third of the world population, according to United Nations statistics.
The BBC quoted the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), as saying that the number of people online has doubled to two billion in the last five years. It also said that of the 226 million new Internet users that have come online this year, more than two thirds are from developing countries.