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Scandinavian
Statistics
December 20, 2005 - The Nordic
Information Society has published a 2005 Statistics
Report giving a broad and
comprehensive picture of the Nordic Information Societies and
their latest development. The publication was co-financed by the
Nordic Council of Ministers and features statistical Internet
usage data from Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.The
163 page publication is available in pdf
form.
The Next Billion
Internet Users
December 19, 2005 - According to
Jakob
Nielsen, the Internet usability
expert, the next 1,000 million Internet users will be reached at
the end of 2015 and the third 1,000 million users in 2040. This
report has interesting information and predictions for the
future.
There is additional numbers of broadband subscribers is to
exceed 217 million by 2005, growing from fewer than 5 million in
1999 and 67 million in 2002, and will hit the 500 million mark by
2010, according to the report.
By 2005, the USA will have the biggest broadband market in the
world with nearly 47 million subscribers and a 21.6% share of the
global market, followed by China, Japan and South Korea. The top
15 countries in broadband subscribers in this report account for
over 85% of the global market.
More broadband information: Article030
Broadband
Statistics
December 14, 2005 - According to
Computer Industry Almanac, Internet users worldwide are foreseen to reach 1,000
million at the end of 2005 and to approach 1,800 million in 2010.
The number of broadband subscribers is to exceed 217 million by
2005, growing from fewer than 5 million in 1999 and 67 million in
2002, and will hit the 500 million mark by 2010, according to the
report.
By 2005, the USA will have the biggest broadband market in the
world with nearly 47 million subscribers and a 21.6% share of the
global market, followed by China, Japan and South Korea. The top
15 countries in broadband subscribers in this report account for
over 85% of the global market.
More broadband information: Article131
Answerbus Search
Tool
November 14, 2005 - AnswerBus is a new
search engine that works different: instead of entering search
terms you simply write a question in plain English (or in plain
French, Spanish, German, Italian or Portuguese).
Test it here: AnwserBus
Broadband in
Japan
November 3, 2005 - Impress Corporation
has published the following Internet Usage data for Japan in a
white paper report:
* There are 32,244,000 broadband households which is 36.2%.
* There are 70,072,000 Internet users.
* 72.5% of people have heard of blogs, up from 39% last
year.
* 25% of women in their teens and 20's have blogs.
* 9.5% of Internet users use RSS Readers.
* 46.5% of Internet users have decreased spending in physical
shops because of online shopping.
* 29.6% of offices have wifi up from 10.7% last year.
* 2.8% of companies have corporate blogs and over 50% express no
intention of ever having corporate blogs.
* 5.5% of companies have corporate web
pages for mobile phone users.
Take a look at the white
paper.
Broadband
Popularity
October 25, 2005 - Andy King has
published a new report on broadband penetration, reporting that
at home UK broadband is leading in penetration. Take a look at the complete report
here..
October 4, 2005 - About 60 percent
of U.S. internet users now have high-speed connections - or 42
percent of households, up from 36 percent at the beginning of the
year - according to Nielsen/NetRatings, which reported that in
August 121 million Americans had broadband access, up from 103.8
million in the beginning of the year. Nielsen said low-cost
broadband options would continue to increase penetration.
Read the complete press
release (pdf).
US Broadband
Penetration at 60%
(September 28, 2005) - About 60 percent of U.S. internet users now have
high-speed connections - this is about 42 percent of households,
up from 36 percent at the beginning of the year - according to
Nielsen/NetRatings, which reported that in August 121 million
Americans had broadband access, up from 103.8 million in the
beginning of the year. Nielsen said low-cost broadband options
would continue to increase penetration. Read the complete press release
(pdf).
Andy King has published a report on this subject, and also
reporting that at home UK broadband is nearing 75%
penetration. Take a look at the complete report
here..
New Resource for
Online Information
(September 24, 2005) Beaucoup is a search
directory that is different because the engines listed on the
main site (all but the category called "Shopping") are what you
can call "free information" sites -- that is, they offer you a
lot of content, not simply lists of commercial products or
services. They must also be searchable in that they have either
an input engine or an alpha-numeric listing -- anything which
allows the user to zero in on pages pertaining to the topic
they're researching. Try Beaucoup Search and see the
difference.
New Blog Search by
Google
(September 16, 2005) Google has announced
the launch of Google Blog Search, a new beta search engine that
enables users to search for blogs and blog postings. Try Google Blog Search.
Human Development
2005 Report
(September 7, 2005) The world goals for
Human Development include halving extreme poverty, reducing child
deaths by two-thirds and achieving universal primary education by
2015. However, the findings contained in the 2005 Human
Development Report presented to world leaders a week before they
meet in New York for a U.N. summit to review progress toward the
Millennium Development Goals are not good for all
countries.
Despite world progress, many countries
are falling behind, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, where the
HIV/AIDS pandemic is dramatically reducing life expectancy and
creating financial and social burdens that slow development.
Unless drastic measures are implemented, the world will not meet
its targets for reducing poverty.
The index ranks 177 countries based on
key indicators such as income, life expectancy and education from
year 2003. Norway tops the list, while Niger is last.
The report is available in
several languages (pdf).
Internet Usage in
Macedonia
(September 4, 2005) The State Statistics
Office of Macedonia has informed us that as of December 2004
there are 392,671 Internet users. This brings up the Internet
penetration rate to 19.2% for the FYR of Macedonia. Read all about
it.
Internet and
Broadband in Japan
(August 28, 2005) In Japan there are at
present about 70,072,000 Internet users and 32,244,000 broadband
households for a 36.2% participation, according to the Internet
Association of Japan. Read all about it.
Internet Growth in
Korea
(August 11, 2005) The Korean Ministry of
Information and Communication (MIC) announced that 32.57 million
Koreans are Internet users -- 71.9 percent of the total
population. This is up 3.7 percentage points from the same month
last year and up 1.7 percentage points from December 2004.
Read all about
it.
Internet Growth 2000 -
2005
(August 8, 2005) Internet World Stats has
updated as of July 2005 the Internet Growth figures for 2000 -
2005 in the main world regions. The number of Internet users in
the world is now 938,710,929.
See the Internet Growth by regions.
Broadband Usage in United States
for 2004
(July 15, 2005) The United States Federal
Communications Commission, in a new semiannual report, said
high-speed Internet lines in service grew by 17% in the second
half of 2004, compared with a 16% increase in the first six
months of the year. World Stats. Report here
(pdf).
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