Compilation of ICT related statistics of Dominican Republic, with the data available in June 2014: - Telecommunications: fixed lines, IP lines , wireless, Paid TV, Internet. - ICT usage (Internet, TV, Radio, mobiles, computers) in Dominican homes. - Internet usage. - Social Networks: Users of Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIN.

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Network Readiness Index (NRI)
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Source: The Global Information Technology Report 2014
DR is #93 out of 148 countries in the ranking,
losing 3 positions in comparison with the 2013 ranking.

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Source: Indotel.gob.do - December 2013
Telecommunications stats in DR
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INDICATOR METRIC TOTAL
FIXED TELEPHONY
LINES IN OPERATION QTY OF LINES 1,095,041
MOBILE TELEPHONY
LINES IN OPERATION (POSTPAID & PREPAID) QTY OF LINES 9,200,410
PREPAID LINES IN OPERATION QTY OF LINES 7,522,901
POSTPAID LINES IN OPERATION QTY OF LINES 1,677,509
OTHER TELEPHONY INDICATORS
IP LINES QTY OF LINES 76,008
TOTAL LINES (FIXED, MOBILE, IP) QTY OFLINES 10,371,459
PAID TV
TOTAL SUSCRIBERS OF PAID TV (CABLE, IPTV, SATELLITE OR WIRELESS) ACCOUNTS 463,853
INTERNET
INTERNET ACCESS ACCOUNTS 3,177,222

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Source: Statcounter.com – June 2014
Top mobile vendors in DR
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Share: Apple 24.1%, Samsung 23.22%, BlackBerry 12.46%, Nokia 5.99%

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Source: Statcounter.com – June 2014
Top tablet vendors in DR
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Share: Apple 66.58%, Samsung 13.68%, Amazon 2.93%, Google 2.59%

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Source: Statcounter.com – June 2014
Top Mobile OS in DR
Share: Android 53.73%, iOS 24.14%, BlackBerry 12.41%, Windows Phone 3.62%
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Source: Alexa.com – June 2014
Top 10 General Top 10 Local
Most visited Websites in DR
Amazon and Listin Diario reached
the Top 10 General sites.
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Position Website
1 Google.com.do
2 Facebook.com
3 Google.com
4 Youtube.com
5 Live.com
6 Yahoo.com
7 Blogspot.com
8 Twitter.com
9 Amazon.com
10 ListinDiario.com
Position Website
10 ListinDiario.com
14 DiarioLibre.com
15 Bpd.com.do
17 ElCaribe.com.do
19 Remolacha.net
25 Gob.do
32 eMarket.com.do
35 Hoy.com.do
36 Eldia.com.do
37 Noticiassin.com

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Source: NIC.do – May 2014
Internet Domain names
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SubDomain 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
COM.DO 8,727 10,030 10,149 11,006 11,423 11,657
NET.DO 469 485 423 412 396 404
ORG.DO 600 663 651 647 650 664
WEB.DO 133 130 113 97 91 90
EDU.DO 259 294 321 356 379 396
ART.DO 114 109 102 90 71 71
SLD.DO 21 22 21 17 16 16
DO 2,230 5,733 6,699 11,590 9,622 10,377
GOV.DO 385 424 457 422 442 432
GOB.DO 211 286 359 435 502 526
MIL.DO 24 31 31 34 43 48
TOTAL 13,173 18,207 19,326 25,106 23,635 24,681

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Source: One.gob.do – ENHOGAR 2005, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013
ICT in households (%)
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The percentage of homes with computers
is still growing very slow.

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Source: One.gob.do – ENHOGAR 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013
Internet and computers usage (%)
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Source: ONE.gob.do - ENHOGAR 2013
Type of computer used
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Percentage of people 12 years and older
by the type of computer used.

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Source: ONE.gob.do - ENHOGAR 2013
Internet penetration
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According to this percentage, there are 4,335,384
Internet users in Dominican Republic.

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Source: ONE.gob.do - ENHOGAR 2013
Places to access the Internet
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Percentage of people 12 years and older that used Internet
by the place where they connect more often.

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Source: ONE.gob.do - ENHOGAR 2013
Internet access by connectivity
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Percentage of homes with Internet access
by the speed of connectivity.

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Source: ONE.gob.do - ENHOGAR 2013
Internet usage
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Percentage of people 12 years and older that used
Internet by the frequency of use.

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Source: ONE.gob.do - ENHOGAR 2013
Main activities when using Internet
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Source: ONE.gob.do - ENHOGAR 2013
eGovernment use
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Percentage of people over 12 years and older that used
Government service via Web.

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Social Networks users
 Twitter active users (August 2013): 625,000
 Twitter total users (estimation 2013): 1,000,000
 LinkedIn (June 2014): 386,466
Source: Twitter, SocialBakers.com, A World of Tweets – June 2014
• Dominican Republic is number 42nd in the world with 0.12% of
the tweets per day.
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Facebook statistics
Source: Facebook, SocialBakers.com - June 2014 22
3,400,000 Facebook users in Dominican Republic

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Top Ten Brands in Facebook
Source: SocialBakers.com – June 2014 23

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Top Ten Brands in Twitter
Source: SocialBakers.com – June 2014 24

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Top Brands in Youtube
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Sources
 This report is a compilation of public statistics available in the
following websites:
 Indotel.gob.do
 One.gob.do
 NIC.Do
 Weforum.org
 Alexa.com
 Twitter.com
 Facebook.com
 Socialbakers.com
 Aworldoftweets.com
 In some of the charts of ENHOGAR 2013 the percentages
does not amount to 100% , because missing or irrelevant
information is not shown.
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