Three-quarters of people over 10 own a mobile phone: UN

Unsurprisingly, ownership was highest in wealthy countries, where 95% of people currently own a mobile phone, and lowest in low-income countries, where only 49% do, the ITU said. — Photo by ROBIN WORRALL on Unsplash

GENEVA: Nearly three quarters of people over the age of 10 now own a mobile phone, potentially opening the way to broader internet use, the United Nations said Wednesday.

The UN's International Telecommunication Union has provided its first estimate of regional and global ownership, revealing that 73% of the world's population over 10 years of age owned a cellphone in 2022.