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Internet World Stats > South America > Venezuela
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Venezuela
Internet Usage and
Market Report
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Venezuela Internet Usage
Statistics:
4,139,800
Internet users as of August/2007, 16.1% of the population,
according to ITU.
Latest Population
Estimate:
25,771,806
population for 2007, according to world-gazetteer.com
Gross National
Income:
GNI per
capita is US$ 4,810 ('06) according to World
Bank
Venezuela Country
Size:
916,445 sq
km - Population density is 27 persons per sq km.
Internet Growth and
Population Statistics:
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YEAR
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Population
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Internet
Users
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% Pen.
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GNI
p.c.
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Usage
Source
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2000
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23,054,210
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950,000
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4.1
%
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$
4,310
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ITU
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2005
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24,847,273
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3,040,000
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12.2 %
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$
4,020
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C.I.Almanac
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2007
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25,771,806
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4,139,800
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16.1
%
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$
4,810
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ITU
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Note: GNI is Gross National Income
per capita, and corresponds to
World Bank data in US dollars.
Venezuela
Search Engines:
Venezuela Search
Engines
Listing of
Venezuelan SE and Directories.
Venezuela Local Time and
Dialing Code:
Venezuela local
time
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Venezuela Internet Usage and Broadband:
Venezuela - Convergence,
Broadband and Internet Market Report
Together with deregulation and
privatisation, conditions are favourable for broadband providers
in Venezuela. In 2004, broadband growth was remarkable,
especially ADSL which doubled year-on-year. The government has
made the promotion of the Internet a national priority. As part
of a campaign to popularise Internet usage, prepaid Internet
services are available in cybercafés and in multi-user
kiosks. A government Wireless Internet Project, financed the
UNDP, uses WiFi technology as a means of expanding Internet
access nationwide. By June 2005, the residents of six districts
in Caracas enjoyed free wireless broadband access. Convergence
strategies offer promising prospects in Venezuela. Of the three
major cable TV companies, NetUno and Intercable have adopted the
Triple-Play scheme. See report summary
here.
Venezuela - Key Statistics,
Regulatory Overview and Fixed Network Markets
Second only to the oil industry, the
Venezuelan telecom sector is the most important business in the
country. It has been open to competition since 2000. There are 11
companies licensed to provide local telephony and 14 long
distance telephony. Cantv, the incumbent telco, still controls
most of the fixed-lines in services, but its share (82% in
mid-2005) is gradually decreasing. Following the severe recession
of 2001-2003, the country’s telecom market made an
outstanding recovery in 2004, and growth is continuing apace in
2005. The highest growth rates are in the mobile and Internet
sectors. This report provides an overview of Venezuela’s
telecom infrastructure and regulatory environment, together with
brief profiles of main fixed network operators and statistical
data. See report summary
here.
Venezuela - Mobile
Communications and Mobile Data Market Report
Venezuela has one of Latin
America’s most advanced mobile markets. Cellular phones
outstripped fixed lines in September 1999. The political and
economic troubles of 2002-2003 hurt the cellular business, but
the mobile market turned around in mid-2003, and grew 28% in
2004. Leading mobile provider Movistar (48% market share),
previously known as Telcel and owned by BellSouth, came under the
control of Spain’s Telefónica Móviles in October
2004. Both Movistar and Cantv’s Movilnet offer CDMA2000-1x
services since November 2002, providing high-speed data
transmission and Internet access. Movilnet was the first company
in Venezuela to launch 1xEV-DO technology, in February 2005. TIM
is again looking for a buyer for its Venezuelan GSM unit Digitel,
since its sale to Cantv fell through in May 2005. See report summary
here.
Venezuela Country Profile:
Venezuela Profile
by the BBC
World Bank News on
Venezuela
CIA Factbook on
Venezuela
Lanic -
Venezuela
Site with links about Venezuela, maintained
by the University of Texas at Austin.
Wikipedia about
Venezuela
History, politics,
geography, economy and demographics of Venezuela.
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