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Canadians use the Internet more than anyone else
OTTAWA, Jan. 21, 2013, 2013 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX) --
New report from CIRA looks at the Internet and Canada's place in it
Canadians rank first in the world when it
comes to Internet usage, spending an average of 45 hours per month
online. Despite this fact, Canadians still spend more for broadband
speed than 19 other countries. These illuminating facts, and more, are
included in a new resource from the Canadian Internet Registration
Authority (CIRA) released today.
The 2013.CA Factbook is a compendium of facts and research about the
global domain name industry and .CA's place therein. It also provides a
glimpse into the state of the Internet in Canada.
"I believe that Canadians will find the information within the Factbook
revealing" said CIRA's president and CEO Byron Holland. "From the
increasing consumption of media content online to the continued growth
of .CA, the Factbook provides a snapshot of an Internet landscape in
Canada and around the world that is constantly evolving."
The .CA Factbook is presented as an online, social document with
tweetable factoids, and numerous graphics.
Some other facts of note include:
-- 49 per cent of Canadians strongly prefer .CA versus 17 per cent
for .COM for business.
-- Canada's Internet economy accounted for 3 percent of Canada's
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2012, totalling $49 billion.
-- Per viewer, Canada leads the world in viewing online video.
-- Canada's top-level domain, is one of the fastest growing TLDs
in the world, ranking fourth among its country code top-level
domain (ccTLD) counterparts.
-- During the last five years, global registrations for domain
names were up 70 per cent to almost 240 million domains online.
The .CA Factbook (http://www.cira.ca/factbook/2013/index.html) is divided into four main sections, the Global Net, .CA's in Canada
and the Canadian Internet Economy, Canada Online and .CA and the World.
About CIRA
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority is the member-driven
organization that manages Canada's .CA domain name registry, develops
and implements policies that support Canada's Internet community, and
represents the .CA registry internationally.
SOURCE: Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA)
To view this news release in HTML formatting, please use the following URL: http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/January2013/21/c7464.html
SOURCE: Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA)
Please contact: Tanya O'Callaghan Communications Manager, Canadian Internet
Registration Authority (613) 237-5335 ext. 262 tanya.ocallaghan@cira.ca
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