With the growth in mobile-broadband services and applications, smartphones provide an excellent opportunity to access voice and data services, including in many rural and remote areas. As smartphones become more affordable, consumer demand increases, and by September 2014 more smartphones than traditional mobile handsets were sold in developing countries.6 While smartphones are becoming smarter, more widely available and more affordable, they remain expensive for many of the world's poorest population groups (Box 4.2). Country rankings will be presented for the fixed-broadband and mobile-broadband sub-baskets, with the latter including both prepaid and postpaid packages and computer-based and handset-based plans. The analysis of fixed-broadband prices will include 2008-2015 price trends and a discussion on changes in broadband speeds (offered for minimum broadband plans) as well as developments in terms of the data volume included in broadband offers. A regional analysis will be provided for both fixed- and mobile-broadband services.