Compilation of ICT related statistics of Dominican Republic, with the data available in September 2018: - Dominican Republic ICT Country Profile - Telecommunications: fixed lines, IP lines , wireless, Paid TV, Internet. - Top vendors and Top OS for mobile and tablets. - Domain names registered under Nic.Do - eGovernment. - eCommerce: Internet payments, mobile payments. - Social Networks: Users of Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIN. - Report: Digital 2018 in the Dominican Republic

1. ICT Stats Report- Dominican Republic
September 2018
Prepared by: Mite Nishio
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2. TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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ICT Country Profile
Source: Measuring the Information Society Report 2017 - ITU
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Source: Indotel.gob.do - July 2018
Telecommunications stats in DR
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INDICATOR METRIC TOTAL
FIXED TELEPHONY
LINES IN OPERATION QTY OF LINES 1,295,733
FIXED TELEPHONY 965,662
IP FIXED TELEPHONY 330,071
MOBILE TELEPHONY
LINES IN OPERATION (POSTPAID & PREPAID) QTY OF LINES 8,896,514
PREPAID LINES IN OPERATION QTY OF LINES 6,770,894
POSTPAID LINES IN OPERATION QTY OF LINES 2,125,620
TOTAL LINES (FIXED, MOBILE, IP) QTY OFLINES 10,192,247
PAID TV
TOTAL SUSCRIBERS OF PAID TV (CABLE, IPTV, SATELLITE OR WIRELESS) ACCOUNTS 808,225
INTERNET
INTERNET ACCESS ACCOUNTS 7,381,223

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Internet accounts in DR
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Source: Indotel.gob.do 2014 - July 2018

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Source: Indotel.gob.do 2014 – July 2018
Mobile Lines in DR
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Mobile lines with data service in DR
5,885,170
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89% of these mobile lines have broadband service.
Source: Indotel.gob.do - June 2018

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Source: Statcounter.com – August 2018
Top mobile vendors in DR
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Share: Samsung 40.56%, Apple 17.27%, LG 14.48%, Alcatel 6.99%, ZTE 4.91%,
Huawei 4.20%, HTC 3.28%, Motorola 1.90%, Sony 0.93%, Blu 0.49%

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Source: Statcounter.com – August 2018
Top Mobile OS in DR
Share: Android 81.68%, iOS 17.27%, Windows Phone 0.48%, BlackBerry 0.08%
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Source: Statcounter.com – August 2018
Top tablet vendors in DR
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Share: Apple 41.70%, Samsung 27.84%, Amazon 8.75%,
Alcatel 2.49%, Acer 2.47%, RCA 2.12%, Asus 0.81%

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Source: Statcounter.com – August 2018
Top Tablet OS in DR
Share: Android 65.17%, iOS 34.09%, Linux 0.29%,
BlackBerry 0.24%, Windows 0.20%
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Source: NIC.do – September 2018
Domain names registered under .DO
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Subdomain QTY
COM.DO 15,399
DO 10,014
GOB.DO 1,058
ORG.DO 726
EDU.DO 610
NET.DO 478
GOV.DO 317
WEB.DO 100
ART.DO 67
MIL.DO 46
SLD.DO 32
Total 28,847

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Source: NIC.do – September 2018
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Annual growth of registered
Domain names under .DO

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Source: Alexa.com – September 2018
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 ListinDiario.com
5 MP3Teca.com
6 Facebook.com
7 Diariolibre.com
8 TheStartMagazine.com
9 Live.com
10 Wikipedia.org
Position Website
4 ListinDiario.com
7 Diariolibre.com
18 Corotos.com.do
23 Popularenlinea.com
24 BPD.com.do
25 Remolacha.net
31 Uapa.edu.do
36 BHDLeon.com.do
37 UASD.edu.do
45 Ministeriodeeducacion.gob.do

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eGovernment
Source: OPTIC – ITICGE - 2018
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Data from: Índice de Uso de TIC e Implementación de
Gobierno Electrónico en el Estado Dominicano (iTICge)
 ICT usage: 72.31%
 eGovernment implementation: 51.38%
 e-Services development: 50.7%
 Open Government: 44.34%

16. ECOMMERCE
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Source: Bancentral.gov.do – July 2018
Internet Banking Users
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Source: Bancentral.gov.do – July 2018
Internet Payments
RD$ 7 billion in local payments and RD$ 28.7 billion
in international payments during 2018
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Source: Bancentral.gov.do – July 2018
Mobile Payments Users
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Source: Bancentral.gov.do – July 2018
Mobile Payments
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Source: Bancentral.gov.do – July 2018
Mobile Payments by activity
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22. SOCIAL NETWORKS
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Source: Statcounter.com – September 2018
Top Desktop Social Media Sites (%)
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Source: Statcounter.com – September 2018
Top Mobile Social Media Sites (%)
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Social Networks users in DR
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Source: Facebook and LinkedIn Advertising Platform – September 2018
* Estimated number, because there is not official data available from Twitter.
5,700,000 1,000,000*
2,600,000 830,000

26. DIGITAL 2018 IN
THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
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27. Source: Hootsuite / We Are Social – January 2018

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Sources
 This report is a compilation of public statistics available in the
following websites:
 ITU.int
 Indotel.gob.do
 One.gob.do
 Bancentral.gov.do
 Dominicana.gob.do
 NIC.Do
 Alexa.com
 LinkedIN.com
 Facebook.com
 Statcounter.com
 Wearesocial.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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Mite Nishio
Digital Consultant
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Mite is one of the Internet pioneers in the DR. Computer Science
Engineer, speaker and columnist on ICT topics. He has worked
developing new telecommunications products and services for
more than 25 years and has been President of the Convergence
Commission of the Inter-American Association of Telecom
Companies (ASIET). As a consultant, he worked for the World
Bank, IDB, UNDP and other national and international
organizations. He was the main editor of the National Strategy for
the Information Society of the DR (2003).
Mite is a member of the board of directors of the Chamber of
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT Chamber) of
Dominican Republic.