Compilation of ICT related statistics of Dominican Republic, with the data available in October 2017: - Global Competitiveness Index: Technological Readiness - Telecommunications: fixed lines, IP lines , wireless, Paid TV, Internet. - Top vendors and Top OS for mobile and tablets. - Domain names registered under Nic.Do - ICT usage (Internet, computers) in Dominican homes. - eGovernment. - eCommerce: Internet payments, mobile payments. - Social Networks: Users of Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIN.

1. ICT Stats Report- Dominican Republic
October 2017
Prepared by: Mite Nishio

2. TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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Source: The Global Competitiveness Report 2017-2018
Technological Readiness
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Technological Readiness of DR compared with other
137 countries in the 2017-2018 Global Competitiveness Report.

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Source: Indotel.gob.do - August 2017
Telecommunications stats in DR
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INDICATOR METRIC TOTAL
FIXED TELEPHONY
LINES IN OPERATION QTY OF LINES 1,077,604
MOBILE TELEPHONY
LINES IN OPERATION (POSTPAID & PREPAID) QTY OF LINES 8,588,672
PREPAID LINES IN OPERATION QTY OF LINES 6,522,803
POSTPAID LINES IN OPERATION QTY OF LINES 2,065,869
OTHER TELEPHONY INDICATORS
IP LINES QTY OF LINES 274,567
TOTAL LINES (FIXED, MOBILE, IP) QTY OFLINES 9,940,843
PAID TV
TOTAL SUSCRIBERS OF PAID TV (CABLE, IPTV, SATELLITE OR WIRELESS) ACCOUNTS 784,471
INTERNET
INTERNET ACCESS ACCOUNTS 6,468,195

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Internet accounts in DR
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Source: Indotel.gob.do 2013 - August 2017

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Source: Indotel.gob.do 2013 - August 2017
Mobile Lines in DR
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Mobile lines with data service in DR
5,036,925
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88% of these mobile lines have broadband service.
Source: Indotel.gob.do - June 2017

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Source: Statcounter.com – September 2017
Top mobile vendors in DR
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Share: Samsung 48.62%, Apple 14.94%, LG 9.84%, Alcatel 6.59%, HTC 4.41%,
Huawei 3.96%, ZTE 3.79%, Sony 1.35%, Motorola 1.32%,

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Source: Statcounter.com – September 2017
Top Mobile OS in DR
Share: Android 83.96%, iOS 14.94%, Windows Phone 0.57%, BlackBerry 0.16%
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Source: Statcounter.com – September 2017
Top tablet vendors in DR
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Share: Apple 34.9%, Samsung 33.18%, Amazon 10.27%, Acer 2.92%,
Alcatel 2.51%, RCA 2.35%, Asus 0.74%, Google 0.51%, Microsoft 0.4%

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Source: Statcounter.com – September 2017
Top Tablet OS in DR
Share: Android 64.28%, iOS 34.9%, Windows .04%, Linux 0.23%,
BlackBerry 0.18%
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Source: NIC.do – October 2017
Domain names registered under .DO
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Subdomain QTY
COM.DO 14,398
DO 9,269
ORG.DO 729
GOB.DO 672
EDU.DO 555
NET.DO 451
GOV.DO 310
WEB.DO 91
ART.DO 63
MIL.DO 42
SLD.DO 18
Total 26,598

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Source: NIC.do – October 2017
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Annual growth of registered
Domain names under .DO

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Source: Alexa.com – October 2017
Top 10 General Top 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 Corotos.com.do
6 ListinDiario.com
7 Diariolibre.com
8 Mp3Teca.com
9 Wikipedia.org
10 Live.com
Position Website
5 Corotos.com.do
6 ListinDiario.com
7 Diariolibre.com
16 Remolacha.net
32 Popularenlinea.com
34 BPD.com.do
35 BHDLeon.com.do
40 Uapa.edu.do

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eGovernment
Source: OPTIC – ITICGE - 2016
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Data from: Índice de Uso de TIC e Implementación de
Gobierno Electrónico en el Estado Dominicano (iTICge)
 ICT usage: 73.12%
 eGovernment implementation: 49.97%
 e-Services development: 42.23%

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ENHOGAR 2016
Survey results

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Source: One.gob.do – ENHOGAR 2016
27% of households have computers
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47.4% of people 12 year or older
use computers
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Source: One.gob.do – ENHOGAR 2016

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Source: One.gob.do – ENHOGAR 2016
25.2% of households have Internet
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Source: One.gob.do – ENHOGAR 2016
63.9% of people 12 year or older use
Internet
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Source: One.gob.do – ENHOGAR 2016
Percentage of households with
devices/services related to ICT access
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22. ECOMMERCE
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Source: Bancentral.gov.do
Internet Payments
RD$ 21 billion in local payments and
RD$ 23 billion in international payments during 2017
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Source: Bancentral.gov.do
Internet Banking Users
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Source: Bancentral.gov.do
Mobile Payments
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Source: Bancentral.gov.do
Mobile Payments by activity
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Source: Bancentral.gov.do
Mobile Payments Users
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28. SOCIAL NETWORKS
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Source: Statcounter.com – October 2017
Top Desktop Social Media Sites
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Source: Statcounter.com – October 2017
Top Mobile Social Media Sites
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Social Networks users in DR
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Source: Facebook and LinkedIn Advertising Platform – October 2017
* Estimated number, because there is not official data available from Twitter.
5,200,000 650,000*
2,200,000 740,000

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Sources
 This report is a compilation of public statistics available in the
following websites:
 Weforum.org
 Indotel.gob.do
 One.gob.do
 Bancentral.gov.do
 Dominicana.gob.do
 NIC.Do
 Alexa.com
 LinkedIN.com
 Facebook.com
 Statcounter.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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