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New research from Oftel reveals that 63% of small and medium sized businesses are now online, an increase from 55% in May 2001. Almost two thirds now also use a mobile phone. The research, carried out during November 2001, also revealed that 36% of all SMEs use more than one fixed telecoms supplier and a… Continue reading UK Small Business Internet Use Growing, Says Oftel

Emarketer has compiled an analysis of forecasts for the growth of public access wireless local area networks (WLAN) in the US. WLANs allow mobile users to connect ‘wirelessly’ to a local network – such as a school educational system for example. Forecasts from Analysys show that 21 million people in the US will be using… Continue reading Wireless Local Networks Will Be Used By 21m Americans By 2007

Despite evidence to the contrary, online advertising levels declined only slightly last year when compared to 2000 and the decline was less pronounced than that of other media. This is according to the Assessing Online And Offline Ad Measurement Systems report released by Ipro at the end of last month. Ipro conducted the survey across… Continue reading Online Advertising Measurement Standards Must Improve, Finds Ipro Survey

According to the latest data from the Federal Communications Commission, high speed access in the US has grown by 250% since August 2000. The latest figues, to June 2001, reveal that there are now 9.6 million high speed subscribers in the US which signifies a 36% increase during H1 2001. 7.8 million of these subscribers… Continue reading High Speed Access Gathers Pace In US

The number of internet users globally grew to a record 308.8 million in January 2002, according to ComScore. This represents an increase of 1.3% on December’s total. The increase was largely driven by growth in the number of users outside the US. An increase of almost 2% was recorded amongst the non-US audience where users… Continue reading Global Internet Users Hit 308.8 Million In January

Gaming consoles will not succeed in offering a myriad bolt-on functions, such as MP3 players, personal video recorders (PVR) and hubs for digital cameras, but they will benefit from broadband connections to the internet, allowing online console gaming to take off. This is the message from Game Consoles Connect – a new report by Forrester… Continue reading European Broadband Growth Will Drive Online Gaming Consoles

Business digital subscriber line (DSL) subscriptions in Europe will be worth $7.9 billion by 2006 according to a new report Incumbents Will Control Booming Business DSL Market from the Yankee Group. This is compared with a forecast $7 billion derived from residential asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) services. Although business subscribers will account for only… Continue reading Business DSL Market Will Be Worth Almost $8 Billion by 2006, Says Yankee Group

Global home networking households are expected to grow from 5.6 million at year-end 2001 to 47.0 million in 2006 – a compound annual growth rate of 53%, according to research by Strategis Group. The Strategis Group believes that home networking will play a major role in the communications lives of millions of people throughout the… Continue reading Global Home Networks Will Number 47m By 2006, Says Strategis

Census data released by the US Commerce Department, show that more than half of American households and more than half of all Americans are now connected to the internet. The figures were released as part of A Nation Online, a new study using Census data to track internet usage in the United States. As of… Continue reading Over Half US Population Is Now Online

Forecasts for the number of households with internet access worldwide, showing the split between broadband and narrowband, are shown here. The figures were compiled by ARC Group and reported by Emarketer today. The forecasts predict that broadband will not become the dominant access method worldwide until 2006, when there will be 165.2 million broadband homes,… Continue reading Worldwide Online Homes Forecasts, By Platform