ANN ? Azerbaijan is first among CIS states on share of Internet users

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) jointly with UNESCO has presented a Broadband Commission?s report for 2011 ? ?State Broadband 2012: successes of digital connection for everybody?, abc.az reported.

According to the report, Azerbaijan occupies the 58th place and became the 3rd in 2011, after Russia and Belarus, among the CIS counterparts on the penetration of fixed broadband network per every 100 people, with the index of 10.7%, ahead of neighboring Turkey, Georgia and Kazakhstan.

The level of penetration of mobile broadband communications per every 100 active users, Azerbaijan holds 3rd place in the CIS after Russia and Kazakhstan.

According to a report in 2011, in Azerbaijan 39.5% of households were equipped with internet, as a result of which the country has taken 22th place among developing countries, after Kazakhstan, Turkey and Belarus.

By the number of people using the Internet, Azerbaijan took 59th place with 50%, thus taking the first place in the CIS. Russia and Kazakhstan on this index hold 61st and 65th seats respectively, and Turkey ? 73rd place.

Among the developing countries Azerbaijan occupies the 23th place in the number of people using the Internet, with a target of 50%, ahead of Kazakhstan (27th), Turkey (32th) and Georgia (38th).

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