Russia Will Have Almost 22 Mln Internet Users at Year-End - Reyman
Russia will have approximately 21.8 million Internet users at the end of 2005, Information Technologies & Communications Minister Leonid Reyman forecast at a press conference in Tunis on Thursday.
Nov 18, 2005
Russia will have approximately 21.8 million Internet users at the end of 2005, Information Technologies & Communications Minister Leonid Reyman forecast at a press conference in Tunis on Thursday.
The number of computers connected to the Internet grew by 10 million in the first half of 2005, he said. The total number of home computers, not including office computers, will exceed 17.4 million by the end of 2005, Reyman predicts. The will be 12.1 computers per 100 people by the end of the year, he said.
Russia's Information Technologies market is growing by 20% a year, Reyman said. IT market volume was 90.2 billion rubles in 2000, reached 256.5 billion rubles in 2004 and is forecast to grow to 308.3 billion rubles in 2005. Russian investments in the IT sector were $4 billion in 2004, up by more than 30% from 2003. Total foreign and Russian investments are expected to increase to $6.5 billion in 2005.
The number of computers connected to the Internet grew by 10 million in the first half of 2005, he said. The total number of home computers, not including office computers, will exceed 17.4 million by the end of 2005, Reyman predicts. The will be 12.1 computers per 100 people by the end of the year, he said.
Russia's Information Technologies market is growing by 20% a year, Reyman said. IT market volume was 90.2 billion rubles in 2000, reached 256.5 billion rubles in 2004 and is forecast to grow to 308.3 billion rubles in 2005. Russian investments in the IT sector were $4 billion in 2004, up by more than 30% from 2003. Total foreign and Russian investments are expected to increase to $6.5 billion in 2005.