According to "The State of Broadband Report 2016" of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Azerbaijan has improved its position from the 63rd to 36th place in the number of internet users per 100 people. The report indicates that 77 out of every 100 people in the country are internet users.
The report also says that Azerbaijan ranks 53rd in the world for the number of broadband internet users per 100 people and that 19.76 out of every 100 people in the country are broadband internet users. Azerbaijan has left behind Russia, Turkey, Iran, Kazakhstan and Armenia in the number of broadband internet users.
It should be noted that, according to the report, Monaco ranks 1st in the world for the number of broadband internet users. 47.47 out of every 100 people in this country are broadband internet users. It is followed by Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Denmark, and the Netherlands.
Azerbaijan has also improved its position in the number of mobile broadband subscriptions. Thus, according to the report, Azerbaijan ranks 60th in the world for the number of mobile broadband subscriptions. For comparison, last year, Azerbaijan held the 68th place (46.8 subscribers per 100 people) in the world for the number of mobile broadband subscriptions, according to the previous report.
“ICTnews”