Communication and Information Technology
See also: Communications in Iran| Name | Rank | Out of | Source | Notes | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E-readiness | 68 | 70 | Economist Intelligence Unit | 2009 | |
| Number of Internet Users | 11 | 195 | Internet World Stats | 51.7% of population use internet | 2009 |
| Total number of broadband internet users | 44 | 48 | International Telecommunication Union | 300,000 broadband internet users or ~0.41% of population; More info: Internet in Iran | 2008 |
| Digital Opportunity Index | 105 | 120 | International Telecommunication Union | 2007 | |
| Telephone Lines in Use | 12 | 100 | CIA World Factbook | 24,800,000 Telephone lines in use; 80% of telephony system had become digitized by 2004 94.8% of homes had telephone lines in 2010 | 2008 |
| Mobile Phones in Use | 20 | 56 | United Nations | 52,000,000 Mobile phone users; 69.3% of population use mobile phones | 2010 |
| Investment in telecommunication infrastructure as % of total revenue | 10 | 190 | World Bank | 73.68% of total revenue in telecommunication sector was reinvested for expansion of telecommunication & Cyberinfrastructure | 2005 |
| E-government Readiness | 102 | 193 | United Nations | Measure of a country's e-Government capabilities | 2010 |
| E-participation of Public | 117 | 193 | United Nations | Measure of a nation's population participation in e-Government | 2010 |
| Number of daily newspapers & periodicals | 14 | 124 | United Nations | 112 daily newspapers & periodicals present | 2000 |
| Number of non-daily newspapers & periodicals | 8 | 91 | United Nations | 906 non-daily newspapers & periodicals present | 2000 |
| Number of Television Broadcast Stations | 67 | 228 | CIA World Factbook | In 1997 there were 28 TV broadcast stations plus 450 repeaters in Iran; More info: By 2010, there were 74 high power broadcast stations, 430 medium power and 5,000 low power broadcast stations in addition to 120 TV studios, 47 TV channels & 50 radio channels; Iran switched from SECAM to PAL in 1998; By 2015 Iran plans to complete its switchover to digital TV; More info: Countries by color TV introduction & Countries by TV introduction | 1997 |
| Number of Internet Service Providers (ISP) | 9 | 165 | CIA World Factbook | 100 ISP's in operation | 2002 |
| List of countries by number of Internet hosts | 120 | 190 | CIA World Factbook | There are 2,860 Internet hosts in Iran. | 2008 |
| Number of websites on national domain | 58 | World | Webometrics | Iran has 310,000 websites on its national domain (dotIR); Iran ranks 32nd globally in terms of total number of websites | 2009 |
| Internet Speed | 174 | 181 | Speedtest.net | Hamadan is the province of Iran with the fastest upload/download speed at 0.32/1.09 Mbps and I.P.M. is the fastest ISP in Iran with 0.76/2.87. | 2010 |
| Google Transparency Report | World | Iran censors internet traffic. | 2010 |
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