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Bahrain has been connected to the internet since 1995, and made it readily available to its citizens.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Internet in the Mideast and North Africa: Censorship and Free Expression ) 〕 The country's domain suffix is '.bh'.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Internet domain suffixes )〕 A 2004 study showed a liberal filtering system is used in Bahrain, one which can be easily bypassed, however more recent events have shown more sophisticated and pervasive filtering.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Internet Filtering in Bahrain 2004-2005 )〕 In January 2009, Bahrain has started blocking a vastly increased number of sites through the Information Affairs Authority (IAA). The new filtering has had a noticeable impact in internet access speeds for all traffic. In 2010, there were about 694,000 internet users in Bahrain, or 55% of the population. According to the World Bank, over 90% of the population is connected to the internet between 2010-2014.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.NET.USER.P2 )〕 This later rose to 96.4% (an estimated 1.29 million online) in 2015, thus making Bahrain the country with the highest internet penetration percentage in the Middle East.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats5.htm )〕 ==Internet penetration and usage== The growth in fixed telephone lines and the Internet has made Bahrain a regional information and communications technology leader. The country's connectivity score (a statistic which measures both Internet access and fixed and mobile telephone lines) is 210.4 percent per person, while the regional average in the Gulf States is 135.37 percent. The number of Bahraini Internet users has risen from 40,000 in 2000〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/icteye/Reporting/ShowReportFrame.aspx?ReportName=/WTI/InformationTechnologyPublic&ReportFormat=HTML4.0&RP_intYear=2000&RP_intLanguageID=1&RP_bitLiveData=False )〕 to 250,000 in 2008,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/icteye/Reporting/ShowReportFrame.aspx?ReportName=/WTI/InformationTechnologyPublic&ReportFormat=HTML4.0&RP_intYear=2008&RP_intLanguageID=1&RP_bitLiveData=False )〕 or from 5.95 to 33 percent of the population. The telecom market witnessed a remarkable development in November 2008 when Mena Telecom launched its nationwide WiMAX network, a service that provides high speed wireless voice and data services. To encourage creativity in domestic online content, in 2005 Bahrain launched an e-content award organized by the eGovernment Authority in Bahrain and the Bahrain Internet Society. The goal of the award is to select quality online content and to promote creativity and innovation in the development of new media applications in Bahrain.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bea.bh/ )〕 Bahrain’s online community is small but dynamic. As of January 2008, there were over 535 websites based in Bahrain, focusing on 25 different themes (e.g., public forums); 59 websites for governmental organizations; and about 200 blogs, the majority of which are anonymous blogs. Internet users in Bahrain use the Internet to debate sensitive issues and to exchange content that is not available in the traditional media. The authorities have blocked a number of news, religion, human rights, and humor Web sites run by Bahrainis and by non-Bahrainis, but users manage to access them using proxies.〔 Bahrain’s telecom market is regulated by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), which was established by Legislative Decree No. 48 of 2002 to protect the interests of subscribers and users and to promote effective and fair competition among established and new licensed operators.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.tra.org.bh )〕 As of 2008, the TRA has licensed 22 Internet Service Providers,〔 the largest of which is Batelco. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Internet in Bahrain」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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