Tanzanian officials expect to use the Internet in their 10-year master plan to promote the tourism industry. Microsoft now joins the fray with Alis Technologies and Sakhr Software, with the introduction of its own Arabic Internet browser, Arabic Explorer. Arabic Explorer is currently in the final beta stages. It offers fully Arabised menus and can access Arabic HTML pages. Navin Kohli of Corum Media says the Internet is revolutionising the way we communicate.
Surfers can choose between different kinds of news and music programs.
Backed by more than 10 years of development work, Canada's Ziran Group says it has finally broken through the double-byte character language barrier of computer communications. The Zi Input system facilitates input of more than 50,000 Chinese characters by using only 10 keys on a basic alphabetic keyboard, and follows the stroke order that Chinese students learn in school. Major ISPs in Asian countries have chosen to route their major connections through Japan. All member countries of AIH have connections to Tokyo, with each link having bandwidth of at least 1.5 Mbps. Japan has the largest Asian Internet traffic because of the vast presence of Japanese multinationals in Asia.