Higher values indicate faster and more reliable connections. * The ACADIA Web Site ACADIA, the Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis, provides tools and analyses promoting the engineering and maintenance of a robust, scalable global Internet infrastructure. * Internet News Internet dot com provides enterprise IT and Internet Industry professionals with the news, information resources and community they need to succeed in today's rapidly evolving IT and business environment. * Detailed Domain Count Statistics on the number of active domains and those deleted from the Internet each day.

Web Browser Statistics Statistics and trends in browser usage, operating systems and screen resolution. * Top Level Domain Count Statistics on distribution of Top-Level Domain Names by Host Count. * Clicks Stats Clicks Stats is a guide to Internet statistics, Internet marketing demographics, Internet advertising research, e-commerce trends. * Refresh Reference source to Internet Usage. * Net Craft Interact provides network security services, and market research on many aspects of the Internet.

* Internet History The Living Internet is recommended reading as a general reference to Internet history.I * Reneges The Internet Intelligence Authority, Reneges@ is the leading provider of objective, critical intelligence on the worldwide state of the Internet. Intensive data collection on every continent with innovative, proprietary software. Optimized algorithms gather real-time data from the Internet backbone, around-the-clock. * ICANN The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, better known as ICANN, is responsible for managing and coordinating the Domain Name System (DNS) to ensure that every address is unique and that all users of the Internet can find all valid addresses.

It also ensures that each domain name maps to the correct IP address. ICANN is also responsible for accrediting the domain name registrars. * Internet Domain Survey The Domain Survey attempts to discover every host on the Internet by doing a complete search of the Domain Name System. * RIPE NC One of the four Regional Internet Registries (Iris) providing Internet resource allocations, registration services and co-ordination activities that support the operation of the Internet globally.

* * PANIC One of the four Regional Internet Registries (Iris) PANIC provides allocation and registration revise which support the Asia Pacific region. ARIN One of the four Regional Internet Registries (Iris), ARIN - the American Registry for Internet Numbers - manage the Internet numbering resources for North America, a portion of the Caribbean, and sub-equatorial Africa. * * LACONIC One of the four Regional Internet Registries (Iris), LANAI- The Latin American and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry - is the organization that administrates IP addresses space, Autonomous System Numbers (ASSN), reverse resolution and other resources of the Latin American and Caribbean region (LACK).African African (in formation) for the purpose of managing the IP addressing in the African continent.

In the future it is or ARIN will obtain the IP addresses space from the African. * Network Startup Resource Center The NCSC provides technical and engineering assistance to international networking initiatives building access to the public Internet, especially to academic/research institutions and non-governmental organizations (Nags). WAC - World Wide Web Consortium The World Wide Web Consortium (WAC) develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential. WAC is a forum for information, commerce, communication, and collective understanding. I I A top of page I Premium Telecommunications Market Reports: I Internet World Overview Reports The Internet is still growing at a good rate, but the growth rate is not the same all over the world.The growth rate will not increase again until broadband is further developed, and its price rates reduced.

Revenues and language statistics are also discussed. * African Telecommunications Overview A large amount of telecommunications and Internet reports for the African Region, including telecoms roofless, table of contents and summaries available. * Asian Telecommunications Markets Reports by global Asia region and also by individual country about telecommunications and Internet.Reports content includes: statistics, trends and developments relating to telecommunications, broadcasting, broadband, cable TV and information highways, Internet and e-commerce.

Australian Telecommunications Market A large amount of telecommunications and Internet reports for Australia, including telecoms profiles, table of contents and summaries available. * Canada Telecoms Overview and Statistics A large amount of telecommunications and Internet reports for Canada telecoms, including telecoms profiles, table of contents and summaries available. Europe Telecoms Market Overview European telecommunications market overview, including alphabetical listing of European countries reports, companies in Europe, European Overview, profiles, table of contents and summaries available. * Latin America Telecoms Market Overview A large amount of telecommunications and Internet reports for the Latin American Region, including company profiles, table of contents and summaries available.

* Middle East Telecommunications Market Overview A large amount of telecommunications and Internet reports for the Middle East Region, including company profiles, table of contents and summaries available. Global Telecommunications Statistics, Trends, Analysis and Overviews Get latest reports on global overviews, statistics, trends and developments in fixed and mobile telecommunication, broadcasting, cable TV and information highways, Internet and e- commerce. See available reports list. * United States Telecommunications Market Statistics Fixed-line subscribers and revenue continued to decline, while wireless avenues enjoyed strong growth, driven largely by increased SMS and other data revenues and by increased minutes of use.Broadband continued to experience solid growth, with the USA still boasting the world's largest broadband market.

See other The Global Internet of Things Report A wealth of Information on the Internet of Things (TOT) which is going to be a real game-changer. It will transform every single sector of society and the economy. Out of this environment new businesses and new industries will be born. Read the Executive Summary.