The government of Venezuela plans to invest USD11.6 million to open 200 new public internet centres across the country during 2010, reports BNamericas. Since the government says it currently has 668 internet centres, used by approximately three million people and expects there to be at least five million users by the end of the year, there will be a huge demand for fiber optic cable, fiber optic fusion splicer and other fiber optic products. The state also announced it has installed 2,000 satellite aerials for internet use in remote areas of the country to date, using Venezuela’s own satellite, Venesat-1. The project stipulates a total deployment of 16,000 satellite aerials.