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Internet In Saudi Arabia
Internet in Saudi Arabia was introduced in 1994, initially limited to educational, medical, and research institutions with authorized access. In 1997, a ministerial decree formally permitted broader internet connectivity, and by 1999, access was extended to the general public. The number of internet users in Saudi Arabia reached approximately 200,000 in December 2000. This number grew significantly, reaching 16 million users by 2013, and then 24 million users by 2017. By 2023, the number of internet users in the Kingdom had increased to 32 million, meaning that the percentage of internet users rose to 99% of the population, compared to 82% in 2017. In 2024, Saudi Arabia jumped to the eighth position globally in internet speed, achieving an average mobile internet speed of 128.03 megabits per second in June, according to a report published by the global website Speedtest.net which specializes in measuring mobile internet speeds. According to the Communications, Space and Technology C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia. Located in the centre of the Middle East, it covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about , making it the List of Asian countries by area, fifth-largest country in Asia, the largest in the Middle East, and the List of countries and dependencies by area, 12th-largest in the world. It is bordered by the Red Sea to the west; Jordan, Iraq, and Kuwait to the north; the Persian Gulf, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to the east; Oman to the southeast; and Yemen to Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, the south. The Gulf of Aqaba in the northwest separates Saudi Arabia from Egypt and Israel. Saudi Arabia is the only country with a coastline along both the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, and most of Geography of Saudi Arabia, its terrain consists of Arabian Desert, arid desert, lowland, steppe, and List of mountains in Saudi Arabia, mountains. The capital and List of cities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speedtest
Speedtest.net, also known as Speedtest by Ookla, is a web service that provides free analysis of Internet access performance metrics, such as connection data rate and latency. It is the flagship product of Ookla, a web testing and network diagnostics company founded in 2006, and based in Seattle, Washington, United States. The service measures the data throughput (''speed'') and latency (''connection delay'') of an Internet connection against one of over 16,000 geographically dispersed servers (as of December 2023). Each test measures the data rate for the download direction, i.e. from the server to the user computer, and the upload data rate, i.e. from the user's computer to the server. The tests are performed within the user's web browser or within mobile apps. , over 52.3 billion Internet speed tests have been completed. Tests were previously performed over HTTP. To improve accuracy, Speedtest.net now performs tests via a custom protocol over TCP sockets. The site also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communications, Space And Technology Commission (Saudi Arabia)
The Communications, Space and Technology Commission (CST; , Hai'at al-Ittisalat wa Tiqniyyat al-Ma`lumat) is a Saudi government entity with legal status and financial and administrative independence, it regulates telecommunications, Space, technology sectors, and digital content platforms, as well as manages the radio frequency spectrum in Saudi Arabia. CST Background The Commission is linked to the history of telecommunications services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where in the year 1418 AH (1997/1998), telecommunications services were transferred from the Ministry of Post, Telegraph and Telephone to Saudi Telecom Company, and prepare the commission's by laws Between the year 1421 and 1422 AH (2000/2001 and 2001/2002), the regulatory frameworks in Saudi Arabia were developed. The Telecommunications Act was issued, and the Communications commission was established with a legal status and financial and administrative independence after the Cabinet decree No. 74 in 5/3/1422 A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, second-largest country by total area, with the List of countries by length of coastline, world's longest coastline. Its Canada–United States border, border with the United States is the world's longest international land border. The country is characterized by a wide range of both Temperature in Canada, meteorologic and Geography of Canada, geological regions. With Population of Canada, a population of over 41million people, it has widely varying population densities, with the majority residing in List of the largest population centres in Canada, urban areas and large areas of the country being sparsely populated. Canada's capital is Ottawa and List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and the Sea of Japan to the east. Like North Korea, South Korea claims to be the sole legitimate government of the entire peninsula and List of islands of South Korea, adjacent islands. It has Demographics of South Korea, a population of about 52 million, of which half live in the Seoul Metropolitan Area, the List of largest cities, ninth most populous metropolitan area in the world; other major cities include Busan, Daegu, and Incheon. The Korean Peninsula was inhabited as early as the Lower Paleolithic period. Gojoseon, Its first kingdom was noted in Chinese records in the early seventh century BC. From the mid first century BC, various Polity, polities consolidated into the rival Three Kingdoms of Korea, kingdoms of Goguryeo, Baekje, and Sil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
