Editing Telecommunications in Botswana (section)

==Internet==
{{main|Internet in Botswana}}
'''Internet top-level domain:''' [[.bw]]

'''[[List of countries by number of Internet users|Internet users]]:'''
* 241,272 users, 148th in the world; 11.5% of the population, 166th in the world (2012);<ref name=NIUCalc>Calculated using penetration rate and population data from [https://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/rank.php "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329060848/https://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/rank.php |date=2017-03-29 }}, Population data, International Programs,  U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013</ref><ref name=ITU-IndividualsUsingTheInternet>[http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/statistics/2013/Individuals_Internet_2000-2012.xls "Percentage of Individuals using the Internet 2000-2012"], International Telecommunications Union (Geneva), June 2013, retrieved 22 June 2013</ref>
* 120,000 users, 154th in the world (2009);<ref name=CIAWFB-Botswana/>
* &nbsp;&nbsp;80,000 users (2007).

'''[[List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions|Internet broadband]]''':
* 16,407 fixed broadband subscriptions, 134th in the world; 0.8% of the population, 143rd in the world;<ref name=NIUCalc/><ref name="FixedBroadbandITUDynamic2012">[http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ICTEYE/Reporting/DynamicReportWizard.aspx "Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012"], Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, [[International Telecommunication Union]]. Retrieved on 29 June 2013.</ref>
* 348,124 wireless broadband subscriptions, 102nd in the world; 16.6% of the population, 76th in the world.<ref name="MobleBroadbandITUDynamic2012">[http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ICTEYE/Reporting/DynamicReportWizard.aspx "Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012"], Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, [[International Telecommunication Union]]. Retrieved on 29 June 2013.</ref>

'''[[List of countries by number of Internet hosts|Internet hosts]]:'''
* 1,806 hosts (2012);<ref name=CIAWFB-Botswana/>
* 6,374 hosts (2008).

'''[[List of countries by IPv4 address allocation|Internet IPv4 addresses]]''': 100,096 addresses allocated, less than 0.05% of the world total, 47.7 addresses per 1000 people (2012).<ref>[http://www.countryipblocks.net/country-blocks/select-formats/ Select Formats] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513033601/http://www.countryipblocks.net/country-blocks/select-formats/ |date=2009-05-13 }}, Country IP Blocks. Accessed on 2 April 2012. Note: Site is said to be updated daily.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070613003851/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2119.html Population], [[The World Factbook]], [[United States]] [[Central Intelligence Agency]]. Accessed on 2 April 2012. Note: Data are mostly for 1 July 2012.</ref>

'''Internet Service Providers:'''{{update after|2014|1|21}}
* 11 ISPs (2001);
* &nbsp;&nbsp;2 ISPs (1999).

[[ADSL]] has been introduced in the following areas:
[[Gaborone]], Tlkokweng, Mogoditsane, Phakalane, Francistown, Lobatse, Palapye, Maun, Kasane, Selibe-Phikwe, Letlhakane, Jwaneng, and Orapa.<ref>{{Citation |title=THE ITIL FOUNDATION EXAM |date=2020-04-16 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv10crcc0.14 |work=ITIL Foundation Essentials ITIL 4 Edition - The ultimate revision guide, second edition |pages=76 |publisher=IT Governance Publishing |doi=10.2307/j.ctv10crcc0.14 |access-date=2022-11-15|url-access=subscription }}</ref>