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Azerbaijan improves position on ICT development index

01 December 2015 [21:13] - TODAY.AZ

/By AzerNews/

By Nigar Orujova

Azerbaijan continues to further improve its position in the information and communication development in the region and throughout the world.

The latest report of the International Telecommunication Union for 2015 said Azerbaijan took the 67th place on the index of information and communication technologies development (IDI) rising three points compared to the figure of 2013, and nine points compared to 2010. Azerbaijan’s IDI was 5.79 in 2015.

In addition, Azerbaijan took the 60th place among 170 countries of the world for an average cost of ICT services.

The price of ICT services includes the average price for services in fixed telephony, mobile communications and broadband Internet access. The average cost of ICT services in Azerbaijan amounted to 1.4 percent of GDP per capita, according to ITU.

Prices for fixed telephone services accounted for 0.5 percent of GDP per capita in Azerbaijan in 2014, while in 2013 the figure was 0.4 percent.

In 2014 the cost of mobile telephony remained unchanged at the level of 1.7 percent of GDP per capita. The cost of broadband services in Azerbaijan amounted to 2.1 percent of GDP by the end of last year.

According to the ITU, the penetration rate of fixed telephone in Azerbaijan amounted to 18.87 percent, and mobile – 110.90 percent.

Over 51 percent of households in the country have computers, and the level of Internet penetration among home users is 54.6 percent.

The level of Internet penetration in Azerbaijan is 61 percent. This means that for every 100 people in the country there are about 20 users of fixed broadband Internet and 47 users of mobile broadband access.

Today, Internet is one of the integral parts of life for many Azerbaijanis.

However, Internet is not only a way to gain access to information, video services and social networks, and but also a necessary tool in the activities of banks, financial institutions, airlines, etc.

The country has recently faced with the Internet outage for several hours since a fire broke out in the lines connected to the DATA-center of Delta Telecom, Azerbaijan’s primary provider. Internet outage for several hours affected the functioning of some organizations in the country.

At present, Azerbaijan plans to create backup not to experience this problem in the future.

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