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Internet Usage in
Cyprus:
May 25,
2005 - Internet usage by Cypriots is below the European Union
average, and businesses on the island are also lagging behind,
according to figures released by Eurostats.
Based on
figures for the first quarter of 2004, Eurostat says 32 percent
of Cypriots between 16 and 74 years use the Internet while the EU
average is at 47 per cent. Eighty-two percent of Cypriot
businesses use the Internet, among the lowest EU level, which is
on average 89 percent.
In Cyprus the
internet is used more by men, with 36 per cent, as opposed to 28
per cent among women, a trend that exists throughout the EU
member states with the exception of Finland and
Estonia.
Greeks are the
EU citizens that use the internet less, with only 20 per cent,
but the situation in the business sector is better (87 per
cent).
According to
Eurostat, in most countries the internet is used more in the
workplace rather than at home.
It comes as no
surprise that it is more popular among youngsters. An average of
75 per cent or two thirds of people aged 16 to 24 used the
internet.
E-commerce in
Cyprus:
November 15,
2006 - Internet e-commerce is still small in Cyprus. Only 7% of Cypriot
enterprises that use the internet actually accepted orders via the internet
in 2006, although this was higher than the 5.1% reported in 2005 according
to the annual ‘Information and Communication Technologies Usage and E-Commerce
in Enterprises’ survey.
At the same time, a parallel household survey found that only 6.7% of
individuals ordered products over the internet, although this was higher than
the 5.1% recorded in 2005. These individuals ordered mainly books, magazines,
newspapers and e-Learning material.
Regarding e-Government,
businesses are interacting more with the government online. Business using
the Internet for interaction with public authorities (mainly obtaining
information) increased from 39.5% in 2005 to 44.3% in 2006.
In general, computer and internet usage in business is widespread:
94.5% of enterprises used a computer in January 2006. Among small enterprises
of 10-49 employees (which is around 95% of all enterprises in Cyprus) there
was an increase in computer usage from 92.8% in 2005 to 93.6% in 2006, as well
as in internet usage, from 82.1% in 2005 to 83.7% in 2006.
The survey on households
found a significant increase (from a very low base) in Internet broadband
connections, from 4.5% in 2005 to 12.1% in 2006, while the proportion with
any kind of internet access from home rose from 31.7% to 36.7%.
The total percentage of households with a computer was 51.9% in 2006,
while 40.9% of individuals aged 16-74 used a computer and 33.8% used the
Internet during the first quarter of 2006.
Cyprus Telecommunications Market
Reports
Cyprus Broadband Market -
Overview & Statistics report
Cyprus is a divided country with most of the information in
this report concerned only with the situation in the Greek
Cypriot area. Cyprus is one of the ten countries which joined the
EU on 1 May 2004 but was slow to liberalise its
telecommunications market and align its legislation with that of
the EU. A number of alternative operators offer services in the
liberalised market but state-owned CyTA dominates the fixed-line,
mobile and Internet markets although its market share recent
regulatory developments will ease the operating conditions of
alternative operators, encouraging increased competition. Faced
with the inexorable certainty of losing market share, the
incumbent has expanded services overseas. Fixed-line, mobile and
Internet penetration are higher than in most East European
countries but broadband penetration is low compared to the EU
average, with the incumbent the sole provider of services.
However progress has been made in terms of competitive offerings
as a number of access agreements have been concluded. Digital pay
TV services are available through a variety of methods and the
broadband TV services are available, one of the first of its kind
in Eastern Europe. The mobile market is serviced by two operators
although the secondary operator holds a small market share, given
that it commenced services in late-2004. The secondary operator
has launched third generation services and is slowly gaining
subscribers. Check the table of contents
for this report
