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Monday, June 25, 2012
Over 100 Thousand Participants at Nation-wide I.T. Forum
 Havana, Cuba, Jun 25.- More than 100 thousand people attended the two-day nation-wide Information Technologies Festival hosted by 600 computer clubs operating throughout the island.
The information was released to Cuban Television by the director of the computer club network, Raul Van Troi Navarro, who noted that participants mainly focused on web 2.0 tools and on social networks.
The Festival’s agenda also included the download of books, Cuban music and software program like antiviruses, in the computer clubs, whose main task is that of spreading knowledge on the use of information technologies, even in the most remote Cuban zones.
The event, which opened celebrations for the 25th anniversary of the clubs to be marked in September, also made available a USB version of the Cuban encyclopedia EcuRed, in an effort to fill the gap caused by scarce Internet connectivity in Cuba.
According to recent statistics released by the National Statistics and Information Office, the number of Internet users on the island increased by 45 percent in 2001, if compared to the previous year, to reach a total of 2 million 610 thousand. (ACN).
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