2016News

Internet use increasing

National Commission for the Information and Knowledge Society (CNSIC) coordinator Mirna Gonzalez says that the percentage of Internet users in 2015 in the Dominican Republic was 53.5% and the target for 2020 is 70%. The percentage of households with Internet access was 23.6% in 2015 and the target that has been set for within four years is 36%. Last year 30% of households had personal computers, a figure expected to grow to 40% in 2020.

The Internet penetration rate was 39.92% in 2015 and is expected to growth to 50.80% by 2020. The fixed broadband rate was 6.79% last year, while the target for 2020 is 10%. In the same period, the mobile broadband rate was 41.79%, set to grow to 55% by 2020.

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