The Global Information Technology Report (GITR) 2004-05 ranks Singapore, for the first time, as the most advanced economy taking full advantage of ICTs. GITR, a yearly publication of the World Economic Forum, serves as the key benchmarking tool to determine the comparative strengths and weaknesses in their ICT usage and deployment.
Singapore outperforms United States, which is ranked in the fifth place now, in a number of categories - quality of maths and science education, affordability of telephone connection charges, and government prioritization and procurement of ICT. Though United States has lost its first position in this new index, it continues to be the global leader in business readiness component.
Source: World Economic Forum.
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