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The proportion of UK households with a broadband internet connection is the lower than any other country in Europe, according to a new survey from Nielsen//NetRatings. Just 9% of UK households use a high-speed system to connect to the Net, as compared to 39% in Germany and 33% in Sweden. Even France, which has a… Continue reading UK Lags Behind Europe In Broadband Uptake

Only 35% of internet users in the European Union have purchased products or services online for personal use according to a new report on eMarketer. Data collected by EOS Gallup Europe for the European Commission reveals that internet shopping habits have changed little in the past year and only 4% of respondents admitted to being… Continue reading Online Shopping Remains A Minority Activity, Says EU Report

Almost 30% of US households with incomes over $100,000 have access to broadband internet services at home, according to a new report from the Leichtman Research Group. A further 37% of households in this income group have expressed an interest in subscribing to broadband in future. The study shows a clear correlation between household income… Continue reading Affluent Americans Have A Need For High Speed

Nearly 46 million people in the US went online from work in August 2002, the highest figure yet recorded by Nielsen//NetRatings since it began measuring the at-work audience. Net usage at work rose 17% year-on-year compared to home usage which was up by just 4% in the same period. Men account for 55% of all… Continue reading US Workplace Web Usage Hits New Peak

The viability of paid-for content will be the focus of this year’s World Electronic Publishing Conference to be held in Barcelona next month. “Beyond The Printed Word” is organised by the publishing technology association IFRA, the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) and the magazine publishers association FIPP. The conference, which will take place on 17… Continue reading Publishers Step Up Search For Online Profits

Consumer online purchases in the US are predicted to increase by 27% in the course of the 2002 holiday season, according to a new forecast from Forrester Research. The study estimates that consumers will spend a total of $72.1 billion on non-travel purchases this year. This is expected to rise to $217 billion in 2007,… Continue reading US Online Spending To Surge In Run Up To Christmas

One in five Americans consider the internet to be the “most essential” medium in their lives and it is now appreciated as much as television, according to a report from Arbitron and Edison Media Research. Survey results published in “Internet 9: The Media and Entertainment World of Online Consumers”, showed that 34% of respondents believed… Continue reading Web Rivals Television In The Popularity Stakes

The worldwide internet population will increase from its current level of 565 million to 725 million by the end of 2004, according to a forecast from eMarketer. The report also asserted that the Asia-Pacific region is set to surpass Europe and North America in terms of number of web users. Nua recently stated that Europe… Continue reading Internet Population To Rise By 28% In Next Two Years

Half of UK business were online in 2001, according to the first stage of results from the Office for National Statistics’ 2001 e-commerce survey of 12,000 businesses. The report shows that the larger a business, the more likely it is to be online: 46% of the smallest businesses use the Net, compared with 98% of… Continue reading Half Of UK Business Online In 2001, Finds ONS

During the last six years or so we have witnessed the very rapid and at times tumultuous birth of a whole new communications medium – the internet. Rapid because it has come to play a role in so many aspects of our personal and business lives in such a short time. Tumultuous because, from a… Continue reading Insight Analysis: Can There Really Be A Free Lunch At The ‘Cyber-Buffet’?