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Syria Internet Usage and Marketing Report

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Internet Usage Statistics:
800,000 Internet users as of September/2005, 4.2% of the population, according to ITU.

Latest Population Estimate:
19,046,520 population for 2006, according to world-gazetteer.

Gross National Income:
GNI per capita is US$ 1,190 ('05) according to World Bank.

Syria Country Area (Size):
185,180 sq km and the population density is 103 persons per sq km.

Internet Growth and Population Statistics:

YEAR	Users	Population	% Pop.	Usage Source
2000	30,000	17,868,100	0.2 %	ITU
2002	220,000	18,586,743	1.2 %	ITU
2005	800,000	19,046,520	4.2 %	ITU

Syria Search Engines and Directories:

Search Engine Colossus
Syrian Search Engines and Directories.

Google Directory
Syria Middle East Directory

Syria Central Bureau of Statistics
Syria Central Statistics Office

Syria Yellow Pages
Syrian Directory and Yellow Pages.

Syria Wikipedia
Wikipedia Syria web site.

Syria Country Profile

Syria Profile
Syria information report from the BBC

Syria CIA Factbook
Map, Demography and Basic data.

Syria World Bank Page

Syria Telecoms Market Overview & Statistics Report
Syria’s telecom market is slowly moving towards liberalisation, with a number of licences awarded and services launched in the Internet Service Provision market. The initiative reflects the government’s change in attitude towards liberalisation, following its promise to the European Union to liberalise markets by 2010. All other forms of fixed-line communications are provided by state owned operator STE. With the aid of informative statistics, this report follows the development of Syria’s telecom market, including the new backbone network and growing mobile communications market.

Middle East Internet and Broadband Report
This annual report provides an insight into the developing Broadband and Internet markets of the Middle East. Topics detailed in the report include the following: Regional Internet and broadband market developments and analysis, xDSL, Cable Modems, Fibre-to-the-home (FTTH), WiFi, Growth in regional broadband penetration and availability (Trends, Growth Patterns, Prospects), Major Broadband Service Providers, Internet Access Locations and ISPs, Censorship of the Internet in Middle East countries. Counties covered are: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey United Arab Emirates, Yemen

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