Information Technology News
- China, India lead growth in Internet users
Date: 8-Mar-2007 Sources: (Shenzhen Daily)
THE number of Internet users worldwide increased 10 percent over the past year amid a surge in China, India and Russia, a survey showed Tuesday.
The report by U.S. market research firm comScore Networks found that 747 million people aged 15 and up used the Internet worldwide in January 2007, a 10 percent increase from January 2006. The United States still held the largest number of users with 153 million, but growth was just 2 percent, comScore found. China was second overall with 86.7 million, but growth was 20 percent. The figure differs from the official Chinese estimate of 137 million, which includes users in cybercafes and other public locations.
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