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Kuanishbek Yesekeyev, head of Kazakh Information and Communication Agency states: the number of Internet doubled since September 2007, when Kazakhtelekom lowered tariffs. 11 percent of Kazakhstan population uses Internet (household users). The government is satisfied with these numbers, however targets to double them. Active Internet growth in the country is leading ahead of radio and TV. The IC Agency aims to promote 30 most popular Internet websites: 10 government websites, and 20 private. As of January 2008 there are 23 thousand domain names, while there were 16 thousand in 2007; average growth is 43%. Resources located in Kaznet account for 5 thousand actively used. Overall, only Kaznet resources are used by 5 % of all traffic, available by operators. The rest traffic accounts for Russian network 86% and 10% of websites are located in Europe and USA - says Yesekeyev. Source: Radio Inkar-Info, Astana 03/07/08. Link to article in Russian: http://inkar.info/index.php?id=1587