Three-quarters of Cypriots now have broadband

The proportion of households in the Republic of Cyprus with broadband access to the internet leapt in in 2007 according to the latest information society statistics from the Statistical Service.
Broadband connections rose to 75.1% of total subscriptions in 2007 from 58.2% in 2006, while dial-up and ISDN connections decreased.
The percentage of households with a computer in Cyprus reached 53% in 2007, up from 52% in 2006, while 39% of households had Internet access.
At the same time, the number of Internet subscriptions reached 173 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2007, compared with 140 in 2006.
Primary education is getting wired faster than secondary education. The number of computers connected to the Internet with high speed connections in the primary education sector rose from 2.8 computers per 100 pupils in 2006 to 5.1 in 2007.
A smaller increase was observed in secondary education, where the number of computers was 13.0 in 2007 compared to 11.7 in 2006.
Cypriots like to talk. Mobile subscriptions per 1,000 inhabitants reached 1,219 in 2007, compared with 1,114 in 2006, meaning that on average one in five people carries a second mobile phone number.
At the same time, the number of analogue telephone lines per 1,000 inhabitants decreased from 495 in 2006 to 486 in 2007.