24billion AD telecom investment announced

Regional conference of Arab countries on telecommunications. According to the conference: "... only 11.2 million people in the Arab world are connected to the internet, out of a total population of more than 300 million. It is estimated that there are less than 500,000 internet users in Algeria out of a population of over 32 million people." [Al Bawaba citing Liberte Algerie; 2005 Mena Report (www.menareport.com)]