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October 22, 2001 Published by: ComputerScope Ltd Volume 6 Number 41
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CONTENTS
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EDITORIAL:
'Ringing the changes'
by Kathy Foley
ACCESS DEVICES
:US set top box market growing
:i-Mode to take off in Europe
ADVERTISING
:Few advertisers go international in Europe
:Most large firms advertise online
BUSINESS USE
:Ebusiness critical for success in US
:Streaming media use up in US offices
:Many small firms do not buy online
ECOMMERCE
:Top Christmas tips for online retailers
:Online retail forecast unchanged
:Major growth forecast for B2B revenues
:European execs still upbeat on ecommerce
EMAIL
:Daily SMS total now 750 million
FINANCIAL SERVICES
:US consumers take to online bill payment
GENERAL DEMOGRAPHICS :Internet use rising in Spain
:Two in five households to be hi-speed by 2005
:Regular French Net user numbers up
GOV/LEG
:Egovernment still limited to a few countries
IT/COMPUTER INDUSTRY
:US business IT spending to fall
:PC shipments down in all key markets
SECURITY ISSUES
:Online attacks up sharply this year
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
:Slow broadband rollout upsets UK users
:Cost of high-speed access up in US
TRAVEL
:Online travel spend down in September
USAGE PATTERNS
:UK users spend 446 mins online per month
:Attacks changed online behaviour
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EDITORIAL:
'Ringing the changes'
by Kathy Foley
They are the curse of the modern office. Every few minutes, there's
another one, doing its best to drive you crazy, until you are just
about set to throttle someone. What are they? Novelty mobile phone
ringtones.
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ACCESS DEVICES
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=26
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Cahners In-Stat Group: US set top box market growing
The US market for Internet set top boxes will grow to over 74 million
units by 2005, up from 6.9 million last year, according to Cahners In-
Stat.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357302&rel=true
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Frost & Sullivan: i-Mode to take off in Europe
There will be 31.4 million i-mode subscribers in Western Europe by
2006, according to Frost & Sullivan.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357312&rel=true
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ADVERTISING
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=2
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LemonAd: Few advertisers go international in Europe
Only 2 percent of the 35,000 European online advertisers tracked by
LemonAd since January can be considered international
advertisers.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357308&rel=true
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Association of National Advertisers: Most large firms advertise online
A new survey from the US Association of National Advertisers (ANA)
indicates that 79 percent of major US companies advertised online
last year, up from two-thirds in 1999.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357310&rel=true
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BUSINESS USE
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=6
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Cutter Consortium: Ebusiness critical for success in US
A new poll of US firms by the Cutter Consortium indicates that
ebusiness is here to stay.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357296&rel=true
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Nielsen NetRatings: Streaming media use up in US offices
Over half of US office workers used streaming media at work in
September, according to Nielsen NetRatings.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357297&rel=true
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Cyber Dialogue: Many small firms do not buy online
According to Cyber Dialogue, over 1 million small firms in the US are
online but have not yet bought anything online.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357314&rel=true
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ECOMMERCE
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=14
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Vividence: Top Christmas tips for online retailers
Customer service experts Vividence have offered online retailers 10
guidelines for success in the upcoming holiday shopping season.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357298&rel=true
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Forrester Research: Online retail forecast unchanged
Forrester says it is sticking to its forecasts for online retail
revenues during the holiday period, despite the September 11
attacks.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357305&rel=true
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IDC Research: Major growth forecast for B2B revenues
Global B2B revenues will rise from USD282 billion last year to and
USD4.3 trillion by 2005, according to IDC.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357306&rel=true
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Accenture: European execs still upbeat on ecommerce
Sixty percent of senior European business executives will increase
their spending on ecommerce initiatives by an average of 15 percent
in the next year, according to Accenture.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357313&rel=true
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EMAIL
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=16
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GSM Association: Daily SMS total now 750 million
By the end of September, GSM mobile phone users were sending 750
million text messages every day, according to the GSM
Association.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357295&rel=true
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FINANCIAL SERVICES
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=4
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Yankee Group: US consumers take to online bill payment
Over 5 percent of US consumers are now paying bills online, according
to a new survey from the Yankee Group.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357301&rel=true
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GENERAL DEMOGRAPHICS
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=18
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Europemedia: Internet use rising in Spain
Europemedia reports that 7 million Spanish people now have an
Internet connection.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357304&rel=true
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Jupiter Media Metrix: Two in five households to be hi-speed by 2005
Forty-one percent of online households in the US will have a
broadband Internet connection by 2006, up from 9 percent in 2000,
according to Jupiter Media Metrix.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357311&rel=true
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eMarketer:Regular French Net user numbers up
eMarketer reports that there are now 6.2 million active Internet
users in France.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357316&rel=true
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GOV/LEG
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=19
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ZDNet (UK): Egovernment still limited to a few countries
A new study has found that only 2 percent of government sites around
the world have some form of disability access, reports ZDNet
UK.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357319&rel=true
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IT/COMPUTER INDUSTRY
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=12
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Cahners In-Stat Group: US business IT spending to fall
Cahners In-Stat believes that business IT spending in the US will
fall 12 percent this year.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357315&rel=true
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IDC Research: PC shipments down in all key markets
Global shipments of PCs in Q3 2001 totalled 29.1 million, down 0.8
percent on the previous quarter, and down 13.7 percent on Q3 2000,
according to IDC.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357317&rel=true
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SECURITY ISSUES
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=30
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Newsbytes: Online attacks up sharply this year
The number of Internet attacks so far this year is 60 percent higher
than in all of last year, reports Newsbytes.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357303&rel=true
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=38
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Communications Management Association: Slow broadband rollout upsets
UK users
A new survey from the Communications Management Association has found
that 89 percent of UK business Internet users believe that broadband
rollout in the UK is too slow.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357309&rel=true
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Newsbytes: Cost of high-speed access up in US
Broadband prices in the US have increased by about 10 percent since
the start of 2001, reports Newsbytes.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357318&rel=true
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TRAVEL
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=33
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Reuters: Online travel spend down in September
Online travel spending fell 23 percent from August to September, as
consumers exercised caution in the wake of the September 11 attacks,
reports Reuters.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357300&rel=true
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USAGE PATTERNS
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=34
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Jupiter Media Metrix: UK users spend 446 mins online per month
New research released by Jupiter Media Metrix shows that UK Internet
users spend an average of 446 minutes online every month.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357299&rel=true
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comScore: Attacks changed online behaviour
Online consumer spending fell by 25 percent in the weeks following
the September 11 attacks, but has rebounded since, according to
comScore.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357307&rel=true
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