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2010年底互联网用户有望达到20亿Before we changed the name, we went on our Facebook page and asked for story ideas. Some of you suggested that we talk about ICT, information and communication technology.我们更名之前曾登陆在Facebook网站的专题页征求节目创意。一些人建议我们讨论下信息与通信技术方面。Well, the International Telecommunication Union, a United Nations agency, released its latest ICT Facts and Figures report last week.上周，一家名为国际电信联盟（International Telecommunication Union）的联合国机构发布了必威体育精装版的ICT事实与数据报告。 Since two thousand five, the number of Internet users worldwide has doubled to more than one and a half billion people. At least two billion are expected to be online by the end of this year.自2005年以来，全球互联网用户增加了一倍，已经超过了15亿人。截止今年年底，有望达到至少20亿。 The ITU says more than seventy percent of new Internet users this year will be in developing countries. Still, only twenty-one percent of the population of the developing world is online -- compared to seventy-one percent in developed countries. 国际电信联盟称，今年超过70%的新用户将来自发展中国家。然而，发展中国家的互联网用户仅占人口总数的21%，与之相比，发达国家互联网用户占总人口数71%。 Susan Teltscher is head of the agencys Market Information and Statistics Division in Switzerland.苏姗·特切尔(Susan Teltscher)是国际电信联盟瑞士市场信息和统计处（Market Information and Statistics Division）主任。 SUSAN TELTSCHER: There are still very huge divides when it comes to accessing the Internet, especially high-speed Internet. In developing countries, you have only one out of five people using the Internet. If we look at certain regions like in Africa, for example, the figures are even lower. In Africa we have not even ten percent of the population using the internet.特切尔：“谈到互联网接入，尤其是高速互联网，仍然存在巨大的差距。在发展中国家，只有五分之一的人在使用互联网。例如，如果我们锁定特定区域，例如非洲，数据甚至更低。在非洲，互联网用户甚至不足10%。” Less than sixteen percent of homes in developing countries are wired for the Internet. But, on the other hand, Ms. Teltscher says mobile phone usage has reached sixty-eight percent in developing countries.在发展中国家，接入网线的家庭不足16%。但另一方面，特切尔表示，发展中国家移动电话的使用率已经达到68%。 The world has almost seven billion people. Nine out of ten now have a