The internet in Israel: 1999-2007 with international comparisons

This article tracks the development of the Internet in Israel over the period 1999- 20007. Insofar as possible, those developments are viewed porn an international perspective by comparing the data for Israel with those for a nine other countries, some in which the Internet is more highly developed, and some in which it is less so. Three main elements of Internet progress studies are addressed. These are: inpastructure - comprising number of Internet hosts, international Internet bandwidth and broadband usage; pervasiveness of the Internet as evidenced by number of Internet users, some Internet development indices and the extent of broadband use; finally, the role of ITC industry is considered under the headings of ITC trade and ITC research.