There is more and more Internet in Asia

Asia claims to be called the most progressive region in the world in the field of Internet and telecommunications.

According to a study by Research and Markets , the Asian telecommunications market in 2006 showed significant growth. The main merit of this belongs to China: the number of Chinese cellular users grew by 20% and reached 400 million.

Japan leads in the number of wireless Internet users: 79 million people use i-Mode from NTT DoCoMo or services of other companies.
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By the prevalence of the Internet Asia is currently the leading region of the world. While in Europe there are 292 million, and in North America - 227 million Internet users, in Asia this figure reached 375 million. Leaders in this area are Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan; China has recently joined this group of leaders: by the beginning of 2006, the number of Internet users in this country was 111 million (8.5% of the population).

South Korea leads the way in broadband Internet access: 70% of households are connected to the network in this country. In general, in the Asian region, DSL technology (153 million) and cable modems (76 million) are most often used for connection.