The document reports on telecommunications and internet usage statistics in the Dominican Republic. It finds that the DR ranks 98th out of 139 countries in network readiness and mobile phone usage exceeds fixed lines. Internet access accounts for over 5 million and mobile data is used by nearly 5 million lines, while just under half of households have computers or internet access. Facebook is the dominant social and mobile platform while mobile devices are increasingly used to access the internet.

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Source: The Global Information Technology Report 2016
Network Readiness Index (NRI)
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DR is #98 out of 139 countries in the 2016 Ranking,
down 3 positions in comparison with 2015.
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Network Readiness Index Dominican Republic

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Source: Indotel.gob.do - September 2016
Telecommunications stats in DR
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INDICATOR METRIC TOTAL
FIXED TELEPHONY
LINES IN OPERATION QTY OF LINES 1,138,324
MOBILE TELEPHONY
LINES IN OPERATION (POSTPAID & PREPAID) QTY OF LINES 8,795,052
PREPAID LINES IN OPERATION QTY OF LINES 6,789,678
POSTPAID LINES IN OPERATION QTY OF LINES 2,005,374
OTHER TELEPHONY INDICATORS
IP LINES QTY OF LINES 199,612
TOTAL LINES (FIXED, MOBILE, IP) QTY OFLINES 10,132,988
PAID TV
TOTAL SUSCRIBERS OF PAID TV (CABLE, IPTV, SATELLITE OR WIRELESS) ACCOUNTS 714,693
INTERNET
INTERNET ACCESS ACCOUNTS 5,664,500

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Source: Statcounter.com – December 2016
Top mobile vendors in DR
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Share: Samsung 41.9%, Apple 15.48%, LG 8.4%, Alcatel 6.66%, Huawei 6.61%,
HTC 3.73%, ZTE 3.53%, Sony 2.63%, Motorola 2.4%,

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Source: Statcounter.com – December 2016
Top Mobile OS in DR
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82.14% 15.48% 0.64%1.16%1

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Source: Statcounter.com – December 2016
Top tablet vendors in DR
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Share: Apple 46.54%, Samsung 24.66%, Amazon 6.31%, Acer 1.95%,
RCA 1.62%, Google 0.72%, Asus 0.59%, Microsoft 0.48%

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Source: Statcounter.com – December 2016
Top Tablet OS in DR
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46.54%52.13%

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Mobile Data in DR
Source: Indotel.gob.do – September 2016
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4,988,185 mobile lines with Data service
 Mobile lines with slow speed data service: 707,947
 Mobile lines with high speed data service: 4,280,238

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Source: NIC.do – December 22 2016
Internet Domain names
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Subdomain QTY
COM.DO 13,418
DO 8,582
ORG.DO 682
GOB.DO 637
EDU.DO 495
NET.DO 416
GOV.DO 322
WEB.DO 86
ART.DO 67
MIL.DO 46
SLD.DO 19
Total 24,770

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Source: Alexa.com – December 2016
Top 10 General Top 10 Local
Most visited Websites in DR
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Position Website
1 Google.com.do
2 Youtube.com
3 Google.com
4 Facebook.com
5 Live.com
6 Wikipedia.org
7 Amazon.com
8 ListinDiario.com
9 Mp3teca.com
10 eBay.com
Position Website
8 ListinDiario.com
14 Corotos.com.do
17 Gob.do
19 DiarioLibre.com
21 Bpd.com.do
24 Popularenlinea.com
28 BHDLeon.com.do
29 UASD.edu.do
31 Remolacha.net
41 1411.com.do

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eGovernment
Source: Dominicana.gob.do - April 2016
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Data from: Índice de Uso de TIC e Implementación de
Gobierno Electrónico en el Estado Dominicano (iTICge)
 ICT usage: 68.30%
 eGovernment implementation: 47.02%
 e-Services development: 31.85%

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Source: One.gob.do – ENHOGAR 2015
30% of households have computers
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45.8% of people 12 year or older
use computers
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Source: One.gob.do – ENHOGAR 2015

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Source: One.gob.do – ENHOGAR 2015
23.6% of households have Internet
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Source: One.gob.do – ENHOGAR 2015
53.5% of people 12 year or older use
Internet
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Source: One.gob.do – ENHOGAR 2015
Percentage of people 12 years or older, by
the place where they connect to Internet
more frequently
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Source: One.gob.do – ENHOGAR 2015
Percentage of devices used for
Internet connectivity in households
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Source: One.gob.do – ENHOGAR 2015
Main Internet activities by people
12 year or older
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Source: Statcounter.com – December 2016
Top Desktop Social Media Sites
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Share: Facebook 88.17%, Twitter 6.97%, Pinterest 2.19%
Tumblr 0.66%, Youtube 0.64%, Reddit 0.48%, Google+ 0.23%

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Source: Statcounter.com – December 2016
Top mobile Social Media Sites
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Share: Facebook 95.28%, Twitter 2.97%, Pinterest 1.47%, Instagram 0.15%
Google+ 0.05%, Tumblr 0.04%

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Social Networks users in DR
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iLifebelt study 2016 for DR (1)
25Source: iLifebelt.com - June 2016.
iLifebelt says these figures apply for the Dominican Republic.

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iLifebelt study for DR (2)
26Source: iLifebelt.com - June 2016.
 DR is #58 in the ranking of countries with most users active in
Facebook, and #2 in Central America & Caribbean.
 DR user visits Facebook 5 times a day, and 89% using a mobile
device (82.8% with Android).
 Top 3 Social Networks in DR: Facebook (91.2%); WhatsApp
(86.6%); and Google+ (58.2%).
 38.3% of Dominican users claim that they have never bought
something or made a transaction through the Internet.

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Sources
 This report is a compilation of public statistics available in the
following websites:
 Indotel.gob.do
 One.gob.do
 Dominicana.gob.do
 NIC.Do
 Alexa.com
 LinkedIN.com
 Facebook.com
 Statcounter.com
 iLifebelt.com
 In some of the charts the percentages does not amount to
100% , because missing or irrelevant information is not shown.
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