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According to the Telecommunications Carriers Association (TCA), the number of subscribers to mobile Internet services in Japan exceeded 30 million at the end of February, Top service providers were NTT DoCoMo’s i-mode with 19.78 million, KDDI Group’s EZweb service with 6.11 million subscribers and by J-Phone group’s J-Sky service (5.52 million). Subscribers for the three… Continue reading Japanese Mobile Internet Population Exceeds 30 Million

According to a new report by Fletcher, “Online Advertising Grows Up”, by 2004 internet companies will contribute around 10% of the top 10,000 companies’ advertising spend in the UK, around £750 million. Approximately half of this Net spending will go on TV, press and outdoor campaigns, as currently used by such companies as Shopsmart, lastminute… Continue reading UK Dot Com Adspend Set To Rise

According to a new report by Fletcher, “Online Advertising Grows Up”, by 2004 internet companies will contribute around 10% of the top 10,000 companies’ advertising spend in the UK, around £750 million. Approximately half of this Net spending will go on TV, press and outdoor campaigns, as currently used by such companies as Shopsmart, lastminute… Continue reading UK Dot Com Adspend Set To Rise

According to a new report by Forrester Research the UK online leisure travel market will grow from just £592 million in 2000 to upwards of £3.7 billion in 2005, representing 14% of total leisure travel sales in 2005. The report also indicates that suppliers will need to refine their services more in order to cater… Continue reading UK Online Leisure Travel Industry Will Be Worth

According to new research from Jupiter Media Metrix the number of U.S. wireless Web users will increase from 4.1 million in 2000 to 96 million in 2005. However, analysts at Jupiter warn that the industry must work around a number of problems which currently inhibit growth including bandwidth limitations, multiple service platforms and numerous competing… Continue reading US Wireless Web Users Will Number 96 Million By 2005

According to a recent survey by the Office of the Director of Telecommunications Regulation (ODTR), 27% of Irish people now have home Internet access. Although this figure is relatively low compared with other European countries, the survey also found that 41% of these users are under 25, suggesting high potential growth for the future and… Continue reading 27% Of Irish Population Now Online

America’s Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has revealed that 35.4 million Americans filed their federal income tax returns over the Internet in 2000 and figure is expected to rise to more than 40 million in 2001. Many software and financial services companies have developed free or low cost packages enabling people to file their tax returns… Continue reading Many Happ-E Returns For The IRS

According to recent US Census Bureau data, B2B e-commerce dominated commercial activity in the US in 1999. The “E-stats” report, published today, shows that while e-commerce accounted for a relatively small percent of total economic activity in key sectors of the US economy, e-commerce transactions between businesses (B2B commerce)accounted for a surprisingly large proportion of… Continue reading 1999 e-Commerce Report From US Census Bureau

According to a recent report by Datamonitor, there will be 66.2 million active online bank accounts in Europe by 2003, up from 26.1 million in 2000. Growth is expected to be greatest in Southern Europe and in France where currently uptake of online banking has been slower than elsewhere in Europe. Currently Sweden is leading… Continue reading Online Banking Takes Off In Europe

According to new research by IDC, the global corporate ‘elearning’ market will exceed $23 billion by 2004. This growth is attributed to better, cheaper and more prevalent internet access and to the improvement in the quality of elearning tools. North America is expected to retain its dominance of the market, accounting for two-thirds of worldwide… Continue reading eLearning: Not Just For Techies?