Week 5

Week 5

1) What is the Mobile phone use /100 population - compare Australia, USA, China, India, Your Country

Australia 104.96, Thailand 92.01, USA 86.79, China 47.95 and India 29.36

http://www.networkedreadiness.com/gitr/main/analysis/showcountrydetails.cfm

2) Internet use / 100 population - compare Australia, USA, China, India, Your Country

USA 74, Australia 71.98, Thailand 23.89, China 22.28 and India 4.38

http://www.networkedreadiness.com/gitr/main/analysis/showcountrydetails.cfm


3) Compare main strengths and weaknesses of Australia or your home country in the survey  

The main strengths of Australia in the survey are that overall Australia is fairly technology ready. Also Australian Government readiness and usage have been ranked both within the top 15. The weakness of Australia in the survey is that the individual and government Information Technology usage is ranked higher than Australian businesses as well as their readiness. This might result in Australian businesses been left behind in Information Technology. Apart from that there does not appear to be many weaknesses as Australia’s ranking are all good.
 

4) What does the survey suggest to you about the Information Technology readiness of Australian business compared to Australian consumers?
 

Information Technology readiness of Australian business is ranked lower in the world at 22 compared with Information Technology readiness of Australian consumers who rank 13 in the world. This suggests that Australian businesses are not as Information Technology ready as Australian consumers