The Regulatory Agency for Communications (RAK) published the Report on results of the annual survey of users of permits for provision of Internet services in BiH for 2015.
In the period covered by the survey, ending with December 31, 2015, a total of 70 Internet providers operated in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Results of the survey have shown that there were 636.726 Internet subscribers in BiH in 2015. The Agency estimates that in the same period there were 2.782.107 Internet users, i.e. that the rate of the use of Internet in BiH in 2015 amounts to 72.41 percent.
When it comes to access to Internet, the dominant type of access to Internet in 2015 was xDSL. Subscribers to xDSL make up 58.54 percent of the total number of internet subscribers in BiH, while the subscribers of the cable access are on the second place with the share of 31.56 percent in the total number of Internet subscribers. The use of broadband Internet access in BiH is continuously growing, which is evidenced by the fact that the degree of the use of broadband Internet access amounts to 16.82 percent.
The Agency expects that the further liberalization of the telecommunications market and the introduction of new technologies will enable the presence of quality services and thus enable the continuation of positive movements in the application of Internet in BiH. The offer of faster and cheaper access to Internet is a precondition for development of informational society, and therefore for the progress of economy and the society in general.
(Source: radiosarajevo.ba/photo: dnevnik.ba)
