India and China are home to 39 per cent of the 830 million young people worldwide who use the Internet. According to a UN report, there is significant increase in broadband access and subscriptions, with China leading the way.<br/><br/>The data released by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations specialised agency for Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), shows that youths (15-24 years old) are at the forefront of Internet adoption. <br/><br/>In the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), up to 35 per cent of individuals using the Internet are aged 15-24, compared with 13 per cent in developed countries and 23 per cent globally.<br/><br/>The report adds that mobile broadband subscriptions have grown more than 20 per cent annually in the last five years and are expected to reach 4.3 billion globally by the end of 2017.<br/><br/>The number of fixed-broadband subscriptions has increased by 9 per cent annually in the last five years with up to 330 million subscriptions added. There has been an increase in high-speed fixed broadband subscriptions parallel to the<br/>growth in the number of fibre connections.<br/><br/>While the Internet user gender gap has narrowed in most regions since 2013, the proportion of men using the Internet remains slightly higher than the proportion of women using the Internet in two-thirds of countries worldwide.<br/><br/>Developing countries, which are home to 83 per cent of the global population, generate 39 per cent of the world's telecommunication revenues, it said.