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DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES HAVE QUICKLY BECOME A DRIVING FORCE OF JOB CREATION,
ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND INNOVATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY. JUST A DECADE AGO,
LESS THAN A FIFTH OF THE GLOBAL POPULATION HAD INTERNET ACCESS.
TODAY, 3.2 BILLION PEOPLE ARE ONLINE. BY 2020, THAT NUMBER WILL GROW TO FIVE
BILLION PEOPLE. THAT SAME YEAR, THE EMERGING “INTERNET OF THINGS” SECTOR
WILL LIKELY COMPRISE A $1.7 TRILLION GLOBAL MARKET.
BY 2025, PRODUCTS AND
SERVICES THAT RELY ON CROSS-BORDER DATA FLOWS WILL ADD $1 TRILLION
ANNUALLY TO THE GLOBAL ECONOMY.
Penny Pritzker
Secretary, US Department of Commerce
June 22, 2016