Archive for the Internet Category


State of Broadband 2014 Report

The Broadband Commission For Digital Development has published its State of Broadband 2014 Report, dated September 21, 2014. The 110 page report (pdf format) contains interesting insights about the Internet and presents seven Annexes with charts and tables regarding Broadband Policies,  fixed and mobile broadband penetration, households and individuals worldwide using the Internet, based on […]

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Costa Rica Internet Users Growing

According to Sutel, the Costa Rica Telecommunications Agency, there are now 4,028,302 Internet subscribers in the country, 88% of them correspond to Mobile Internet. For the latest statistics, visit Internet World Stats.

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Internet Spanish Speakers

Spanish Speakers in the Internet amounted to 222,406,379 persons at year-end 2013, and represent 7.9% of the total Internet users in the world. Spanish is the third language in importance in the Internet, after English which is first and Chinese (Mandarin) that is second, according to Internet World Stats. The largest Spanish speaking country in […]

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Iranian Internet users

Iranian government is making moves to make the Internet more accessible, recently lifting a restriction which capped home internet speeds at 128kbps while also awarding 3G licences to Iran’s two dominant cellular operators, MCI and MTN Irancell. Nevertheless, the country is pushing ahead with its national intranet project which aims to create a closed network of […]

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12 Million Internet Users in Ecuador

Ecuador has reached 12,116,687 Internet users as of June 2014, according to Supertel, the country’s Telecommunications Regulating Agency. The penetration rate is 77.4%, a very impressive figure that also includes the Mobile Internet users. Read more

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632 Million Internet Users in China

Internet users in China are up 2.3 percent totaling 632 million on June 30, 2014, from 618 million at year-end of 2013, according to CNNIC statistics report. China is part of the five BRICS countries, together with Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa. This group of countries are considered the five mayor emerging economies in the world.

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Montenegro Internet Broadband

According to the Agency for Electronic Communications and Postal Activity (EKIP), Montenegro ended May with 93,290 broadband internet users, which is 93 more than in April . Of this number, ADSL users totalled 61,199 (73.41% of the total), followed by Wimax with 7,929 (8.50%), FTTx with 7,229 (7.80%), cable with 5,232 (5.61%) and Wi-Fi with 4,362 […]

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Google PageRank Evolution

It is only normal for all things to change in time. Here are some comments from Matt Cutts regarding PageRank factors and how it is changing lately. For more SEO tips and information, visit Internet World Stats.

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UK Digital Inclusion Strategy

The strategy aims to get 2.7 million more people online in the next 2 years in the U.K. It notes that the Internet has transformed almost every aspect of public, private and work life, changing the way every workplace communicates. Internet is reshaping government through simpler, clearer, faster public services.  However, BBC research found that 21% […]

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Country Codes – ISO 3166

ISO 3166 is the International Standard for country codes and also includes codes for their subdivisions. Using the official two letter code instead of using each country’s name (which will change depending on the language being used) saves time and avoids errors. The ISO 3166 code is a combination of letters and/or numbers that are understood all […]

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