The major impediment to ICT growth is the cost of ICT services with the broadband price gap between developed and developing countries remaining huge. Broadband access continues to be the single most expensive and least affordable ICT service in the developing world. Moreover, countries with the highest broadband prices are all ranked relatively low in the IDI, reinforcing the argument that the affordability of services is one necessary condition in the transition to an inclusive information society. The main objective of Measuring the Information Society is to inform the ICT policy debate in ITU Member States by providing a comprehensive international performance evaluation based on quantitative indicators and benchmarks, and by identifying areas of high and low growth in ICT-related development.