Last week, the ITU (International Telecommunication Union) entity that studies the global telecommunication market, released the results of the study "Measuring the Information Society 2011".
This study analyzes how is the evolution of the use of information technology and telecommunications in countries around the world.
The result refering to 2010 puts Brazil in 67th position ranking. The country fell three positions from the same study conducted in 2008, when the Brazilian economy was in 64th position.
If we consider the other countries of South America, Brazil ranks behind Argentina (57th) and Chile (58th) but ahead of Mexico (81st), Colombia (83rd), Venezuela (86th), among others.
According to the survey, the most advanced economy in the use of information technology and telecom is Hong Kong (China), which remains in the first position in the ranking since 2008. The second, it appears to Iceland, which was in 4th position, and Luxembourg, which fell from second to third place. The United States is at 23rd losing three positions.
To analyze the development with IT resources, the ITU created an index based on 11 indicators that examine how economies have evolved in this concern, how they can compare with each other and also how governments use the technology to leveraging their markets.
