Data concerning household access to and individual use of the Internet are discussed in below. Growth in the penetration of active mobile-broadband subscriptions has, however, been very sharp, rising from 37.2 to an estimated 47.2 per 100 persons over the last twelve months, reflecting the wider availability of mobile-broadband networks, falling prices and the rapidly growing use of smartphones and tablets. Individual use of Internet and household access to it have continued their steady rates of growth, from 40.6 and 43.4 per cent, respectively, to 43.9 and 46.4 per cent at the global level.