Lithuania boasts the fastest download and upload speed in the EU and 2^nd worldwide, whereby the capital city of Vilnius has the fastest Internet upload speed in the world. Lithuania is 1^st in Europe for density of network of public internet access points. Consequently, 92% of financial operations are performed via e-banking. The most up-to-date ICT technologies (EDGE technology, 3G mobile communications infrastructure, mobile WiMAX 4G Internet etc.) fully implemented and functioning in the entire country.

World-class ICT infrastructure

Lithuania is among the leading countries in information and communication technologies in Europe and the world:

• 1^st  in the World Competitiveness Rankings for communication technology¹
• 1^st in the EU for the share of individuals aged 16-24 who have obtained ICT skills through formal education²
• 2^nd in the EU for the number of advanced ICT users³

Home to World leaders in IT

• 1^st commercial mobile digital signature pilot in the world [Etronika]
• 2^nd biggest App store globally  [Get Jar]
• 3^rd best-selling mobile application on the Mac App Store. Apple Design Award 2011 [Pixelmator]
• MagicDraw UML – 1^st Java based UML tool trusted by multinational businesses and NASA; distributed in more than 70 countries [No Magic]
• No. 1 social network in Nigeria with 2.2m+ registered users and with 5m+ registered users across the world, focusing on the mobile customers in emerging markets [ESKIMI]

Sources:
1 IMD,The Word competitiveness yearbook, 2012
2 European Commission
3 IMD,World Competitiveness  Rankings, 2012

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