This article tracks the development of the Internet in Israel over the period 1999-20007. Insofar as possible, those developments are viewed from an international perspective by comparing the data for Israel with those for a nine other countries, some in which the Internet is more highly developed, and some in which it is less so. Elements addressed include: infrastructure – comprising number of Internet hosts, international bandwidth and broadband usage; pervasiveness of the Internet as evidenced by number of Internet users, Internet development indices and the extent of broadband use; finally, the role of the ITC industry is considered.
