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European e-commerce is forecast to be valued at $1,518 billion (£1,049 million) by 2005, a huge rise on the $154 billion of last year, according to a report released by IDC last week. IDC’s Internet Commerce Market Model (ICMM) found that the effect of the current economic slowdown on B2C commerce has been countered by… Continue reading European Ecommerce To Reach $1,518bn By 2005, Says IDC

According to new research by IDC, by the end of 2001, 10 million landlines were replaced by wireless, primarily by consumers choosing a wireless service over installing an additional access line at home. Displacement of landline services is expected to accelerate even more in 2002, resulting in an additional 10 million access lines replaced by… Continue reading Wireless Growth Continues Apace

According to the Yankee Group, 7% of Internet users chose not to access the internet from home, despite owning PCs. The primary reason, given by 72% of respondents, for not having internet access in households with incomes of less than $25,000 per year was that access is too expensive. Other reasons included already having access… Continue reading Internet Use At Work Favoured Over Home, Says Yankee Group

The majority of US children aged seven or younger would pick the internet over television if they were forced to choose only one medium to keep, according to a survey conducted by AdAge magazine. Just over half – 54% – of kids would choose the Net over other media, rising to 73% for so-called ‘tweenagers’… Continue reading US Kids Would Keep The Internet Over TV, Finds Survey

Online retail websites were used by almost 33 million Europeans in December, with figures from Jupiter MMXI showing that the audiences for these sites are growing faster than the overall European internet population. Christmas shopping saw 9 million unique visitors from the UK use online retail sites in December, whilst Germany topped the usage with… Continue reading Europeans’ Use Of Retail Sites Jumped 40% In December

Jupiter Media Metrix today released the final instalment of its weekly Holiday 2001 E-Commerce Series which revealed that, on average, 51.3 million users visited online shopping sites during the holiday period (w/e 25.11.01 – w/e 23.12.01). This was up 50% on the comparable period in 2000 and 95% on 1999. “With the holiday-buying season behind… Continue reading Online Holiday Shopping Up 50% On Last Year, Says Jupiter

Recruitment advertising revenue represented 26.1% of the £1.8bn spent on classified ads in the regional press during 2000 (Advertising Association Yearbook). With over 50% of UK residents now in the online habit (Office of National Statistics), increasing numbers of online recruitment sites are poised to claim a cut of this revenue. Several of the UK’s… Continue reading Recruitment Websites Will Cut Into Classified Revenues

More than two thirds of the population have never visited any of the Government’s 3,000 websites, according to new research from IT consultancy firm, Hedra. The study shows that fewer than 3% of UK adults regularly use Government websites to access public services, despite the fact that nearly two thirds of the population now have… Continue reading UK Government Sites Fail To Captivate

2001 was MediaTel’s twentieth year in the media business, but there are no signs that we have stopped growing yet. The year began with the industry getting to know online accounts database NewBizMoves, which launched at the end of 2000 and has gathered strength and subscribers as this year has progressed.Springtime saw another product added… Continue reading MediaTel In 2001- A Review Of The Year

By 2005, US online advertising will be worth $18.8 billion, according to a GartnerG2 report released this month. This 2005 figure represents a 138% growth on the $7.9 billion of 2001. Gartner says that while advertising growth remains flat or receding in television, radio and print, online advertising revenue is set to grow considerably, but… Continue reading US Online Advertising To More Than Double By 2005