s ▁Federal ▁Chief ▁Technology ▁Office . ▁Meanwhile , ▁Sh al un ov ▁has ▁spent ▁much ▁of ▁his ▁career ▁working ▁on ▁Internet ▁infrastr ucture , ▁in ▁the ▁beginning ▁at ▁Internet 2 , ▁the ▁US ▁academic ▁network ▁cons ort ium , ▁then ▁at ▁the ▁peer - to - pe er ▁files h aring ▁service ▁Bit T or rent , ▁where ▁he ▁met ▁Haz el , ▁lead ▁developer ▁of ▁the ▁popular ▁Bit T or rent ▁client ▁u T or rent , ▁used ▁by ▁more ▁than ▁ 2 0 0 ▁million ▁peer - to - pe er ▁users ▁world wide . ▁ ▁Currently , ▁Open ▁Garden ▁is ▁most ▁popular ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁followed ▁by ▁India , ▁Mexico , ▁France , ▁Brazil , ▁United ▁Kingdom , ▁Italy , ▁Spain ▁and ▁Germany . ▁The ▁company ▁is ▁already ▁talking ▁to ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁mobile ▁carri ers ▁in ▁a ▁few ▁countries ▁about ▁co operation ▁and ▁is ▁currently ▁working ▁on ▁raising ▁additional ▁capital . ▁ ▁Kevin ▁Rest ivo , ▁a ▁senior ▁anal yst ▁from ▁International ▁Data ▁Corporation , ▁stated ▁that ▁Open ▁Garden ▁is ▁most ▁likely ▁to ▁be ▁popular ▁among ▁consum ers ▁in ▁emer ging ▁mobile ▁mark ets ▁such ▁as ▁Africa , ▁where ▁relatively ▁few ▁people ▁have ▁cell ▁ph ones , ▁in comes ▁are ▁low , ▁and ▁people ▁are ▁more ▁likely ▁to ▁share ▁their ▁phone ▁service . ▁ ▁Product s ▁▁ ▁Open ▁Garden ▁previously ▁offered ▁a ▁software ▁solution ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁name , ▁a ▁propriet ary ▁internet ▁community - based ▁connection ▁sharing ▁software ▁application ▁that ▁shares ▁internet ▁access ▁with ▁other ▁devices