Bangalore: The world is connected like never before. People are no longer too distant to communicate, thanks to the advent of mobile computing led by omnipresent Smartphones and tablets. In an ongoing effort to forecast and analyze the growth and use of IP networks worldwide, Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI), has come out with a compelling tale about the massive internet growth around the world.

 In May 2013, Cisco released the Cisco VNI Global IP Traffic Forecast, 2012 – 2017, according to which- by 2017, there will be 3.6 billion global Internet users, up from 2.3 billion global Internet users in 2012; 19 billion networked devices globally, up from 12 billion networked devices in 2012; average global broadband speed will grow 3.5-fold, from 11.3 Mbps (2012) to 39 Mbps (2017); global IP traffic will reach an annual run rate of 1.4 zettabytes, up from 523 exabytes in 2012.

Read on to know top 10 nations with fastest internet growth.

#10 Mexico

2012

Number of users: 51 million

Total devices: 176 million

Population: 118 million

2017

Number of users: 69 million

Total devices: 292 million

Population: 125 million

Mexico has approximately 51 million Internet users and is currently experiencing a huge surge in demand for broadband Internet services. It is the country with the most Internet users among Spanish speaking counties in the western hemisphere, and in August 2005 Cisco said they see Mexico and countries in Latin America as the focal point for growth in coming years, with Mexico receiving the biggest chunk of their investments, identifying it as a hypergrowth market for equipment suppliers.

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