2.4 Households with ICT Devices Based on 2011 NSO Survey Results NSO integrated household survey findings of 2011 in table 2-1B indicates that 45.5% of household had a Radio with only 8.7% owning a Television. Only 0.8% had computers in the home. Ownership of ICT devices in urban show large figures compared to the rural areas. TABLE 4 PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH ICT DEVICES IN YEAR 2011 PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD WITH ICT DEVICES IN THE YEAR 2011 RADIO ALL URBAN RURAL CDTV COMPUTER PLAY 45.5% 10.1% 8.7% 0.8% 60.6% 32.9% 32.2% 4.1% 42.8% 5.9% 4.4% 0.2% Source: NSO Malawi Integrated Household Survey Results 2011 2.5 Households with Telephone or Mobile Devices, NSO 2011 Survey NSO integrated household survey findings of 2011 in table 2-2B indicates that 36.3% of household had mobile phones in 2011. Only 0.8% had telephones in the home. Ownership of mobile phones among the rich show large percentages compared to the rural areas. TABLE 5 PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH TELEPHONE OR MOBILE DEVICES PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD WITH TELEPHONE OR MOBILE DEVICES 2005 2011 ALL POOR RICH ALL POOR RICH Mobile 11.5 0 12.8 36.3 11.5 62.5 Landline 0 0.1 4.1 0.8 0 2.9 Source: NSO Malawi Integrated Household Survey Results, 2011 2.6 Individual Survey Results Based on the individual questionnaire sample used in the baseline survey, results show that a substantial number of individuals have either a computer, laptop which they use for home or business use. Of these most have internet access using wimax or modem/dongle. Some individual internet access is achieved using most commonly available mobile phone with data connectivity. 22

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