BELIZE’S TECHNOLOGY PENETRATION Figure 7 below presents the current state of technology penetration in Belize as provided by the 2010 National Household and Population Census of Belize. Figure 7- District Technology Penetration by Household 100.00% 90.00% 80.00% 76.50% 70.00% 60.00% 53% 50.00% 40.00% 30.00% 26.40% 21.60% 20.00% 13.10% 10.00% 0.00% Mobile Phone Corozal Computer Ownership Orange Walk Belize Cayo Cable TV Fixed Lines Stann Creek Toledo Internet Access Overall Penetration Source: Belize 2010 Housing and Population Census The above data reveals that although Belize in Belize have cable TV services. The ranked 128 out of 184 countries according reasons for this are two-fold: to the United Nations e-Government survey of 2010, the country is already an active member of the global information society. It 1. Belize does possess the infrastructure for this to be possible; has embraced cell phone and cable TV 2. These services are currently being services to the extent that more than three provided competitively and at a cost fourths of households in Belize possess a that the majority of Belizeans can cell phone and more half of the households afford. Belize ICT National Strategy 25

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