Six in 10 people around the world now have cellphone subscriptions, signalling that mobile phones are the communications technology of choice, particularly in poor countries, according to a U.N. report

By the end of last year there were an estimated 4.1 billion subscriptions globally, compared with about one billion in 2002

Internet use more than doubled. An estimated 23 per cent of people on the planet used the Internet last year, up from 11 per cent in 2002

The 106-page report also ranked countries according to

their use of information and communications technology

Sweden came first, followed by South Korea

Denmark came third, ahead of the Netherlands, Iceland and Norway

large developing countries like China (73) and India (118) were hampered by the size of their populations. The United States was 17th out of 154.

Myanmar was the only country where access and use indicators dropped

90 per cent during the five-year period.

Myanmar's military government has cracked down on Internet use