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Use of the Internet in Qatar has grown rapidly and is now widespread, but Internet access is also heavily filtered. ==Penetration and usage== In 2007 Qatar was the second most connected country in the Arab region.〔Arab Advisors Group, ("UAE, Qatar and Bahrain are the Arab World’s highest adopters of telecommunication services" ) June 4, 2007.〕 Qatar's Internet penetration rate grew from 6% in 2001 to 37% in 2007 to 86% in 2011.〔(Percentage of Individuals using the Internet 2000-2011 ), International Telecommunication Union, accessed on 19 August 2012.〕 Qatar Telecom (Qtel) is the telecommunications service provider licensed by the Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology (ictQATAR) to provide both fixed and mobile telecommunications services.〔Qtel. ("About Us" ).〕 Qtel offers domain name registration, pre-paid Internet cards, instant Internet access (via a telephone line, allowing payment for the Internet through the phone bill), and ADSL lines.〔Qtel. ("Broadband Internet Services" ).〕 However, as of November 2006, Qtel’s monopoly on Internet services officially ended.〔“Qatar opens its Telecoms Sector: Competition means Consumers and Small Businesses Win,” November 11, 2006, http://www.ict.gov.qa/output/NewsPage.aspx?PageID=389.〕 Though the licensing procedure for new ISPs has not yet been published or implemented,〔IctQatar, Press Release, “ictQatar seeks views from Telecommunications Carriers and Operators on Telecommunications Licensing Process: First official step in Telecoms Liberalization in Qatar,” March 6, 2007, http://www.ict.gov.qa/files/License%20press%20release_English.pdf; see also “Regulator seeks views on telecom licensing,” ''Gulf Times'', March 7, 2007, http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=136719&version=1&template_id=36&parent_id=16〕 the goal was to “issue licenses to new fixed and mobile providers by the end of 2007.”〔ictQatar, “Regulation- Service Provider,” http://www.ict.gov.qa/output/Page17.asp.〕 Broadband penetration in Qatar is rapidly increasing. As of April 2008, it stands at 50 percent.〔“The Peninsular Broadband penetration in Qatar at 50pc: Qtel,” The Peninsula, April 2, 2008. Cited by the (OpenNet Initiative ).〕 Qtel had some 1.25 million mobile users as of December 2007, which indicates a more than 100 percent penetration rate in Qatar. Qtel also has about 50,000 customers connected to its 3.5G mobile network.〔Pratap John, “Qtel handles over 444mn text messages,” ''The Gulf Times'', January 28, 2008, http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=198348&version=1&template_id=57&parent_id=56〕 Various plans exist to spread Internet access, such as making free wireless Internet available in various parks in Qatar, making wireless coverage available nationwide, and with “Remote Locations services (Wireless Local Loop) that uses Broadband Point-to-Multipoint Radio technology". Qatar’s Global Information Technology Report 2007-2008 concluded that, even though there are many e-education initiatives in Qatar, parental anxiety might prevent children from enrolling in these initiatives. The report claims that in the Qatari society, “the issue of inappropriate content on the Internet is a huge barrier to wholesale adoption of the technology. Some parents resist children's Internet use and a wide technological divide exists between children and their parents.” Qatar was listed in a 2013 report as having the tenth-highest percentage population using the internet. It was the highest ranked MENA country. A 2015 report by the UN Broadband Commission for Digital Development ranked Qatar as first among the developing countries by their respective percentage population using internet. The country also ranked second globally for percentage of households with internet. Qatar was also ranked seventh globally in Ovum's Broadband Development Index in 2015. 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 Qatar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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