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New research has revealed that broadband growth would be boosted if the current regulation was changed to encourage more competition by breaking BT’s monopoly of the market. The newly created Broadband Industry Group, which comprises Brightview, Cable & Wireless, Centrica, Energis, Freeserve and Tiscali, claims that only greater competition can ensure the potential of broadband.… Continue reading BT Monopoly Blamed For Hampering Broadband Growth

US consumer online content spending will reach $1.4 billion in 2003, up by 10.4% over 2002, according to a new report from eMarketer. This growth rate is just one-quarter of that seen in 2002, when online content sales surged by 43.4% year on year. eMarketer says that this is the first time since it began… Continue reading US Online Content Revenue Forecasts From eMarketer

UK online retail sales grew by 50% year on year to £1.1 billion during October, according to the latest figures from the Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG). This is also a 36% rise over September’s sales and could be the start of a Christmas surge for the e-retail sector. The IMRG is forecasting that… Continue reading UK Online Retail Will Double To £3.3bn This Christmas, Says IMRG

European consumers will spend â‚Ź9 billion online on this year’s Christmas shopping, almost as much as US consumers, according to a new report by Forrester Research. Europe’s 166 million regular online shoppers are expected to spend 24% of 2003’s total online retail expenditure in the run up to Christmas, totalling â‚Ź9 billion. In the same… Continue reading European Christmas Online Retail To Hit €9bn, Says Forrester

The increasing popularity of high speed broadband services helped push the number of ISP subscriptions up by 4.1% year on year during September, according to new figures from the Office Of National Statistics (ONS). The latest Index of Internet Connectivity report shows that the number of people connected to ISPs rose by 0.8% month on… Continue reading Broadband Continues To Drive Internet Uptake

BT has called on the Government and industry to back its target of achieving 100% broadband coverage for every UK community by 2005. The telecoms incumbent already makes mass market broadband available to more than 80% of British households and is set to upgrade its internet exchanges to serve 90% of the population by the… Continue reading BT Targets 100% Broadband By 2005

Major US cable and DSL providers added a combined total of more than two million high-speed internet subscribers in the third quarter of 2003, according to the latest figures from Leichtman Research Group. Net additions for the quarter were the largest ever and half a million higher than in the previous quarter (see Broadband Growth… Continue reading Record Quarter For US Broadband Providers

New figures from Point Topic show that as of September this year, over 30% of the world’s internet access lines were broadband, via either DSL, cable modem or other broadband platforms. The number of worldwide DSL lines hit 53 million by the end of September and is on target to surpass 60 million by the… Continue reading Almost One Third Of Global Internet Access Is Broadband

Advertisers are still failing to target older internet users despite research which shows that the number of so-called silver surfers has increased by almost 30% since September last year. The latest figures from Nielsen//NetRatings reveals that there are currently 11.5 million people aged 55 and over using the internet in Europe. Sweden has the highest… Continue reading Advertisers Fail To Target Surge Of Silver Surfers

Online search revenues will help drive US digital marketing expenditure to $16 billion by 2008, representing 4% of the total marketing budget, according to Forrester Research. The group says that US marketers are planning to increase budgets by 5% in 2004, with many intending to move spend away from direct mail and trade promotions toward… Continue reading Digital Marketing To Take 4% Of Budgets By 2008, Says Forrester