Iran’s ICT Minister Mohammad Soleimani has said his country’s Internet penetration had a 60% growth last year compared to year before last, reaching 16%. Therefore, he claimed Iran’s Internet penetration is above that of Malaysia today. But an industry analyst is reluctant to say “Yes Minister.”
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samarajiva
Wondered whether the source was the ITU, which states that Zimbabwe is ahead of India in ICT opportunity: http://www.lirneasia.net/2007/02/zimbabwe-tops-pakistan-india-and-sri-lanka-in-ict-opportunity-according-to-itu/
But no, the ITU is clean on this one.
amdfar
Big deal!!!
think china has better penetration than all these countries — but why’s yahoo and ebay pulling out of china. Internet penetration doesnt mean opportunity..
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