Topics 5 - Models

1) What is the mobile phone use /100 population - compare Australia, USA, China, India.

The global mobile phone usage per 100 population is 131.9%

The mobile phone usage / 100 population is:

·         Australia: 113.5%

·         USA:  90.8%

·         China: 55.5%

·         India: 43.8%

2) Internet use population - compare Australia, USA, China, India

The internet users / 100 population is:

·        Australia: 74.3%

·        USA: 78%

·        China: 28.9%

·        India: 5.1%

3) Compare main strengths and weaknesses of Australia in the survey.

Strengths:

• Political regulatory environment
• Infrastructure environment
• Individual readiness Weakness:

• Market environment
• Business readiness
• Government readiness

Overall Australia ranked quite well completely low. There were a few areas which Australia needs to improve on to become ranked higher.

4) What does the survey suggest to you about the Information Technology readiness of Australian business compared to Australian consumers?

This survey suggests that Australian business readiness is ranked 22 compared to individual Australian consumer which is ranked 13. This shows that the Australian consumer is ranked higher than Australian businesses.

All information is sourced through this website:
World Economic forum.(2009). The global information technology report. Retrieved April 25, 2009 from: http://www.insead.edu/v1/gitr/wef/main/fullreport/index.html