Global broadband continues to show healthy growth, although there are some challenges in terms of: 1) growing digital inequality between developed and developing countries, as well as between the rich and the poor within countries; 2) the rates, roll-outs and financing needs of new deployments and network upgrades; 3) slowing growth in mobile subscriptions and SMS volumes may be inevitable as some markets approach maturity (as well as for some operators, revenues), operators are having to navigate slowing subscription growth and adapt to meet consumer demands for data; and 4) making Internet access more affordable in developing countries.