The number of people with Internet access in Brazil, Russia, China, India and Indonesia will double by 2015, management consulting firm Boston Consulting Group said in a report released Wednesday.

These five countries — which the consulting firm dubbed BRICI — account for 45 percent of the world’s population and 15 percent of global GDP (gross domestic product), BCG said, noting they are currently home to 610 million Internet users. That number is set to double to 1.2 billion by 2015, it said, predicting the number of users will increase at compound annual growth rates of 9 percent to 20 percent.

To read this IDG report in full, see:
www.networkworld.com/news/2010/090110-internet-access-in-emerging-markets.html
www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/204597/.html