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Subject: Internet adoption in Europe
Category: Business and Money > eCommerce
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Posted: 07 Jan 2005 07:29 PST
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I want some statistics on the adoption of internet across Europe

In particular
a) The number of internet users in each country
b) The % of companies with website in each country
c) The % penetration of broadband into home/small business internet connectivity
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Subject: Re: Internet adoption in Europe
Answered By: belindalevez-ga on 08 Jan 2005 06:51 PST
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
< Internet adoption in Europe.

Summary.
a ? number of internet users, b ? companies with websites, c -
broadband penetration.

Albania            a 30,000
Andorra            a 24,500
Austria            a 3.73 million     b 67.1%         c 16.2%
Belarus            a 1.39 million     b 30%
Belgium            a 3.76 million     b 80%           c 29.5, 55-60%
Bosnia             a 100,000
Bulgaria           a 1.54 million     b 12%           c low
Croatia            a  2.31 million                    c low
Cyprus             a 250,000          b 61%           c 1.9%
Czech Republic     a 2.7 million      b 61%           c 2%
Denmark            a 3.37 million     b 60%           c26.4%
Estonia            a 621,000          b 45%, 38%      c 1.9%
Faroe Islands      a 25,000
Finland            a 2.65 million     b 60%           c17.8%
France             a 13.8 million     b 56%           c14.8%
Germany            a 27 million       b 85%           c 12.81%, 11.9%
Greece             a 1.71 million     b 54%           c 0.3%
Hungary            a 2.4 million      b 20%, 30%, 39% c 2%
Iceland            a 195,000          b 64%           c 12%
Ireland            a 1.31 million     b 77%           c 2.4%
Italy              a 15.77 million    b 56%           c 13-15%, 10.7%
Latvia             a 936,000          b 19%           c 1.9%
Lithuania          a 695,000          b 27%, 31%      c 1.9%
Luxembourg         a 170,000                          c 3%
Macedonia          a 100,000
Malta              a 120,000          b 73%           c 1.9%
Moldova            a 288,000
Monaco             a 16,000
The Netherlands    a 10.8 million     b 45%           c 40.4%
Norway             a 4 million        b 55%           c 18.2%
Poland             a 8.97 million     b 54%, 52%      c 2%
Portugal           a 3.6 million      b 30.26%        c 13.1%
Romania            a 4 million        b 15%           c low
Russia             a 6 million        b 9%            c 0.5%
Serbia/Montenegro  a 847,000
Slovak Republic    a 5.38 million     b 60%           c 1.9%
Slovenia           a 1.95 million     b 42%           c 1.9%
Spain              a 8.33 million     b 26%, 75%      c 16.8%
Sweden             a 6.7 million      b 80%           c 21.7%, 55-60%
Switzerland        a 4.7 million      b 55%           c 26.1%, 55-60%
Ukraine            a 900,000
United Kingdom     a 34.87 million    b 66%, 80%      c  25%, 13-15%, 12.8%
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References.

According to Nielsen/NetRatings, these were the numbers of users in
February 2004 in the following countries:
France: 13,781,013
Germany 27,033,687
Italy 15,772,348
Netherlands 7,757,751
Spain 8,331,385
Sweden 4,609,203
Switzerland 3,009,180
United Kingdom 20,953,256
http://www.itfacts.biz/index.php?id=P946

There are 8.1 million internet users in Central and Eastern Europe. (Source: IDC)
http://www.itfacts.biz/index.php?id=P2127

According to Ofcom, the UK has almost 4 million broadband users.
Broadban penetration is 25%. (Source: UK has almost 4 million
broadband users. By Sean Cornwell. 03/06/2004.)
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:yK7JffSyQ6sJ:www.dmeurope.com/default.asp%3FArticleID%3D1951+%22broadband+penetration%22+%22by+country%22+million+europe&hl=en

30% of Belarus companies have websites. (Source: Future Media Monthly News.)
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:R5XjDfff5-AJ:www.london.edu/marketing/Future/fmmonthlynews/newsletter_archive/FM_News_Febuary_2003.pdf+%22companies+have+websites%22+uk+percent+2004&hl=en#7

Internet Usage in the European Union and the rest of Europe. (Source:
Internet World Stats.)
http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats4.htm#eu

Broadband penetration.
Sweden, Switzerland and Belgium ? 55-60%
Germany, Italy, UK ? 13-15%
(Source: IT Facts.)
http://www.itfacts.biz/index.php?id=P1122

Top 20 countries with the highest internet DSL Broadband Subscribers ? 2004 Q3.
Germany 5,950,000 ? 12.81%
France 5,253,000 
Italy 3,680,000
United Kingdom 3,335,000
Spain 2,227,805
Netherlands 1,552,000
Belgium 983,000
Sweden 751,000
Switzerland 717,000
Denmark 594,000
(Nielsen/NR Oct. 2004.)
http://www.internetworldstats.com/dsl.htm

Eight out of 10 Belgian companies has a website. (Source: Belgian
companies raise IT budget. Insites Consulting.)
http://www.insites.be/freeff/press/Press%20release%20ICT%20studie%202004-UK.pdf

66% of British companies have a website.
(Source: 1/3 of British Companies Don?t Have a Website. Robert Loch.
30 November 2003.)

45% of Dutch companies have a website. (Source: UK Trade & Investment.)
http://www.tradepartners.gov.uk/netherlands/doingbusiness/05_sellingto/advertising.shtml

29% of Spanish companies have a website.
(Source: U.S. Commercial Service in Spain.)
http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:n2XaFSu_b5IJ:www.tradeport.org/cal_spain/spain_cad_cam_cae.pdf+%22percent+of+spanish+companies%22+website&hl=en

72% of Spanish companies have a website. (Source: Spain FY 2000
Country Commercial Guide.)
http://www.mac.doc.gov/tcc/data/commerce_html/countries/Countries5/Spain/CountryCommercial/2000/body.htm

Broadband Penetration in Western Europe. 2003. (Source Strategy Analytics.)
Belgium 29.5%
Netherlands 27.2%
Denmark 26.4%
Switzerland 26.1%
Sweden 21.7%
Norway 18.2%
Finland 17.8%
Spain 16.8%
Austria 16.2%
France 14.8%
Portugal 13.1%
UK 12.8%
Germany 11.9%
Italy 10.7%
Ireland 2.4%
Greece 0.3%
http://www.strategyanalytics.com/press/PR00121.htm

According to the DTI International Benchmark study of 2003 in France
and Italy, 56% of businesses have a website.
Germany ? 85%
Britain ? 80%
Sweden ? 80%
http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:9s052WPTs08J:www.men.minefi.gouv.fr/webmen/informations/pdf/tbceang0803.pdf+%22of+german%22+businesses+%22have+a+website%22+2004+percent&hl=en

Broadband penetration at the end of 2003.
Czech Republic ? 2%
Hungary ? 2%
Poland ?2%
The other new EU member countries (Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania,
Malta, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia) have a broadband penetration
rate of 1.9%. (Source: Broadband to boom in new EU countries. 7
September 2004. ComputerWeekly.com.)
http://www.computerweekly.com/Article133145.htm

67.1% of Austrian companies has a website. This report from the London
School of Economics also breaks down the figures by size of company.
(Source: Statistik Austria, 2003a pa.)
http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/ICTObservatory/pdf/ictwp2-report-austria-april2004final.pdf

77% of Irish businesses have a website. (Source: Science Technology
and Innovation in Ireland. Department of Enterprise, Trade &
Employment.)
http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:3D-gKQO64H8J:www.forfas.ie/publications/sti_00/sti_00.pdf+denmark+%22businesses+have+a+website%22+&hl=en

Hungary ? 30% of business have a website.
(Source: 30% of Hungarian businesses have websites. Leigh Phillips. 23/08/2004.)
http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:4P9NqK1zhWoJ:www.dmeurope.com/default.asp%3FArticleID%3D2720+denmark+%22businesses+have+websites%22+&hl=en

Finland ? 60%
Denmark ? 60%
Sweden ? 70%
Netherlands ? 50%
Norway ? 55%
United Kingdom ?60%
(Source: OECD 2001.)
http://www1.oecd.org/publications/e-book/92-2001-04-1-2987/PDF%5CB53.pdf

According to a report from Telecom.paper,  Netherlands broadband
penetration reached 40.4% on 30 September 2004.
(Source: Dutch broadband penetration increases to 40.4% of households.
By John Tilak. 19/11/2004.)
http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:YEQRsYoDf-wJ:www.dmeurope.com/default.asp%3FArticleID%3D4471+%22dutch+broadband+penetration%22&hl=en

Hungary broad band penetration reached 2.7% in June 2004. (Source:
Telecom ministry, authority to focus on reducing regional disparities
in 2005. Interfax.)
http://www.interfax.com/com?id=5773766&item=Hung

Broadband penetration in Russia ? 0.5 %  (Source: Winncom Technologies Corp.)
http://www.winncom.com/news.aspx?newsid=59

Almost half of Cypriot companies have a website. (Source: The use of
internet in small firms in Cyprus. Lina Nearchou-Ellinas.)
http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:WcPkc_Jdj7MJ:www.unece.org/ie/enterp/women/documents/elli.pdf+cypriot+businesses+%22have+a+website%22&hl=en

A survey of businesses in West Athens found that 20% have a website.
(Source: Usher Baseline Information 2001 ? West Athens, Greece.)
http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:VQ1fvm7DYLAJ:www.usherproject.org.uk/baselines/athens.pdf+greece+businesses+website+percentage&hl=en

Table 2 of this report gives the percentage of firms with a website.
Greece ? 54%
Portugal ? 30.26%
Iceland ? 64%
Switzerland ? 55%
Estonia ? 45%
Hungary ? 39%
Latvia ? 19%
Lithuania ? 27%
Poland ? 54%
Russia ? 9%
(Source: Measuring Business Access to ICT. Michael Minges. September 2003.)
http://r0.unctad.org/ecommerce/event_docs/measuring/minges.pdf

In Iceland broadband penetration has reached 12%. (Source: World
broadband lines exceed 150 million. 16 December 2004. Point Topic.)
http://www.point-topic.com/content/dslanalysis/Q304%20BB%20analysis%20041215.htm

Luxembourg?s broadband penetration rate was 3% in early 2004. (Source:
2005 Telecoms in Europe ? Benelux ? Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg.
Paul Budde Communication. October 26, 2004.)
http://www.marketresearch.com/product/display.asp?productid=1060026&SID=62404256-308751226-299834842

Percentage of enterprises with a website
BG (Bulgaria)12%
CY (Cyprus) 61%
CZ (Czech Republic) 61%
EE (Estonia) 38%
HU (Hungary) 20%
LT (Lithuania)31%
MT (Malta) 73% 
PL (Poland) 52%
RO (Romania)15% 
SL (Slovenia) 42%
SK (Slovak Republic) 60%
(Source eEurope Enterprise Survey, June 2003. Cyand MT ? National
Surveys. Estonian Informatics Centre.)
http://www.ria.ee/atp/eng/?id=748

Broadband access in the following countries is negligible :
Czech republic, Poland, Turkey, Slovakia, Greece. (Source: Slovakian
Austrian mBusiness Association.)
http://www.mobileeurope.net/samba/documents/SAMBA_4_BergerPresentation_040429.pdf>


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<"eastern europe" "broadband penetration">
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<luxembourg "broadband penetration">
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<Hope this helps.>

Request for Answer Clarification by t4see-ga on 11 Jan 2005 01:46 PST
This is great. I would like some help deciding which statistic I
should use particularly as the variation can be very large.

Thanks

Terry

Clarification of Answer by belindalevez-ga on 11 Jan 2005 04:19 PST
<The most up to date figures regarding broadband penetration seem to
be those from Strategy Analytics.
Broadband penetration: Europe End 2004 forecasts.
Netherlands 45%
Switzerland 40%
Belgium 38%
Denmark 38%
Norway 31%
Finland 30%
Sweden 29%
France 27%
Austria 24%
Spain 23%
UK 23%
Portugal 21%
Italy 20%
Germany 17%
Ireland 10%
Greece 1%
http://www.strategyanalytics.com/press/PR00143.htm

This source would appear to be more reliable for the number of UK
businesses with a website as it is from a government department.
According to the DTI International Benchmark study of 2003 in France
and Italy, 56% of businesses have a website.
Germany ? 85%
Britain ? 80%
Sweden ? 80%
http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:9s052WPTs08J:www.men.minefi.gouv.fr/webmen/informations/pdf/tbceang0803.pdf+%22of+german%22+businesses+%22have+a+website%22+2004+percent&hl=en>

<Hope this helps.>
t4see-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars and gave an additional tip of: $10.00
Good quality work, swift response.

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