Editing Telecommunications in Jordan (section)

==Internet==
As of 2013, Internet penetration in Jordan was 63%.<ref name=equities>[http://www.equities.com/news/headline-story?dt=2012-12-18&val=838758&cat=tech Mobile broadband speeds surpass regional average] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407071153/http://www.equities.com/news/headline-story?dt=2012-12-18&val=838758&cat=tech |date=2013-04-07 }}</ref> It was 50.5 percent by the end of 2011.<ref name='int@j'>[http://jordantimes.com/e-government-services-can-help-increase-internet-penetration Internet penetration reached 50.5 per cent by the end of 2011.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307002704/http://jordantimes.com/e-government-services-can-help-increase-internet-penetration |date=2012-03-07 }}</ref> Internet usage more than doubled from 2007 to 2009 with the rapid growth expected to continue. Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) figures indicate that Internet penetration stood at 29 per cent by the end of 2009 and 38 per cent by the end of 2010.

The Jordanian government has announced that the sales tax on computers and internet connection would be removed in order to further stimulate the ICT industry in Jordan. [[King Abdullah II]] told the BBC in 2004 that he hoped to make his country the tech hub of the Middle East. Jordan has more internet start up companies than any other country in the Middle East, and thus was dubbed the Middle East's "Silicon Valley". Amman was ranked as the 10th-best city in the world to launch a tech startup, according to a 2012 list compiled by Finaventures, a California-based venture-capital firm.<ref>[http://stopmakingsense.org/2012/02/17/is-amman-the-new-silicon-valley/ Amman ranked 10th best city to launch a tech startup.] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120730133841/http://stopmakingsense.org/2012/02/17/is-amman-the-new-silicon-valley/ |date=2012-07-30 }}</ref><ref>[http://rachid-sefrioui-venture-capital.blogspot.com/2012/01/top-10-cities-to-launch-tech-startup.html Top 10 cities to launch a tech startup]</ref><ref>[http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-06/cohan-jordan-vc-firms-forging-mideast-silicon-valley.html Jordan VC Firms Forging MidEast Silicon Valley]</ref> Tech entrepreneurs have praised the ability to access high speed internet connections in Jordan, comparing this to Dubai and Saudi Arabia.<ref>[http://www.arabianbusiness.com/amman-is-unlikely-hotspot-for-technology-startups-385790.html?sms_ss=twitter&at_xt=4d7d6530f809b2db%2C0 Jordan's Internet Capacity]</ref> ''Al Jami'a Street'', in Jordan's northern city of [[Irbid]], was ranked as the street with the highest number of internet cafes in the world by the Guinness World Records.
* '''[[Internet Service Provider]]s (ISPs):''' 3,160 ({{As of|2004|lc=on}})
* '''Internet users:''': 3.163 million<ref name='int@j'/> ({{As of|2011|09|lc=on}})
* '''[[Country codes|Country code]] top-level domain (ccTLD):''' .JO