Sweden just snatched the top spot from the United States in the annual Connectivity Scorecard on the use of telecommunications technologies such as networks, mobile phones and computers in 50 countries. Spain is in the last places .
“Sweden not only has the best mix of attributes today, it also shows little indication that it will lose its leadership,” says Leonard Waverman, professor at the London Business School and creator of the Connectivity Scorecard . “However, there is the beginning of a gap in what was once the essence of American leadership in most industrial and service sectors: education and skills,” he added. Denmark, the Netherlands, Finland, Australia and Canada also occupy prominent positions in the ranking.
Third place, behind the United States , is for Norway . The countries of eastern and southern Europe – including Italy, Spain, Greece and Poland – are at the bottom of the list of developed countries.
As for developing countries, Malaysia tops the ranking this year, while South Africa reached second place this year, helped by significant corporate spending on hardware, software and services.
The full report can be downloaded here in pdf format.
