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October 30, 2001 Published by: ComputerScope Ltd Volume 6 Number 42
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CONTENTS
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EDITORIAL:
'Streamies at work'
by Kathy Foley

ACCESS DEVICES
:Bluetooth to dominate European market
:Business wireless Net use to dominate

AUTO INDUSTRY
:Used car dealers buying online

BROWSERS
:Germans most likely to use Netscape

ECOMMERCE
:Online holiday season sales to increase
:Ecommerce largely unaffected by attacks
:More positive forecasts for holiday season
:Ecommerce set to soar in South Korea

ENTERTAINMENT
:Mobile gaming to be worth USD1bn by 2004

FINANCIAL SERVICES
:Banks benefit from online services
:Consolidation not a worry for banking users
:Online mortgage market will thrive

GENERAL DEMOGRAPHICS
:Over 2 million now online in Czech Republic
:Eighteen-fold growth for wireless Net

IT/COMPUTER INDUSTRY
:XP to struggle in business market
:IT spend up for consumer goods firms

MARKETING/BRANDS
:Canadian firms are emarketing novices
:Permission is key to email marketing
:Tech start-ups spend more on marketing
:Email marketers gear up for Xmas

RECRUITMENT
:Teleworking on the increase in Europe

TELECOMMUNICATIONS
:ADSL use skyrocketing in Japan
:DSL to recover in US

TRAVEL
:Traffic to travel sites up in UK

USAGE PATTERNS
:Streaming media not driving broadband

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EDITORIAL:
'Streamies at work'
by Kathy Foley

Last week's report on home broadband subscriptions from the Yankee
Group left me slightly perplexed initially. Of all the households
interviewed by the Yankee Group about their reasons for getting
broadband access, less than 2 percent said that listening to music,
watching videos, or gaming online was either a primary or secondary
reason for getting a broadband subscription.

For the full story, go to:
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ACCESS DEVICES
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=26
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Forrester Research: Bluetooth to dominate European market

There will be 235 million Bluetooth-enabled wireless devices in use
in Europe by 2006, according to Forrester Research.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357322&rel=true

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IDC Research: Business wireless Net use to dominate

IDC forecasts there will be 84 million wireless Internet users in the
US by 2005, up from 5 million last year.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357325&rel=true

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AUTO INDUSTRY
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=39
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Autodaq: Used car dealers buying online

Almost half of US car dealers have purchased second-hand vehicles
online this year, according to a new study commissioned by
Autodaq.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357336&rel=true

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BROWSERS
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=5
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StatMarket: Germans most likely to use Netscape

Germany has the highest proportion of Netscape users of any country
in the world, according to WebSideStory's StatMarket.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357330&rel=true

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ECOMMERCE
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=14
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Gartner Group: Online holiday season sales to increase

Gartner G2 has forecast that global revenues from online shopping in
the holiday season will reach USD25.3 billion this year, up 39
percent from the same period last year.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357324&rel=true
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Newsbytes: Ecommerce largely unaffected by attacks

Overall consumer spending in September was only slightly down on the
August total, according to the latest release of the Forrester Online
Retail Index.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357326&rel=true
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Nielsen NetRatings: More positive forecasts for holiday season

According to Nielsen NetRatings, online retail spending during the
holiday season will reach USD10 billion this year, up 43 percent from
last year.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357327&rel=true
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South China Morning Post: Ecommerce set to soar in South Korea

Ecommerce in South Korea is expected to grow in value by an average
of 81.2 percent a year until 2010, reports the South China Morning
Post.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357335&rel=true

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ENTERTAINMENT
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=48
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Ovum: Mobile gaming to be worth USD1bn by 2004

According to Ovum, the global wireless gaming market will be worth
USD1 billion by 2004, rising to USD4.3 billion by 2006.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357329&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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Celent Communications: Banks benefit from online services

New research from Celent Communications has found that cost savings
are the major return on investment for banks that have invested in
online financial services offerings.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357334&rel=true
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Jupiter Media Metrix: Consolidation not a worry for banking users

Almost half of online financial services customers have no concerns
about holding all of their accounts at a single bank, according to a
survey by Jupiter Media Metrix.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357337&rel=true
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Forrester Research: Online mortgage market will thrive

According to Forrester Research, the online mortgage market in the UK
is set for remarkable growth over the next few years.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357342&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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GfK:Over 2 million now online in Czech Republic

Almost 2.2 million people now have Internet access in the Czech
Republic, according to GfK.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357328&rel=true
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Intermarket Group: Eighteen-fold growth for wireless Net

The global wireless Internet user population is set to grow 18-fold
by 2005, increasing from 39 million last year to 729 million by 2005,
according to the Intermarket Group.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357341&rel=true

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IT/COMPUTER INDUSTRY
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=12
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Dataquest: XP to struggle in business market

New research from Gartner Dataquest shows that Windows XP will have
little impact in the business market in the short term.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357338&rel=true
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eMarketer: IT spend up for consumer goods firms

Over half of US consumer goods companies are set to increase their IT
budgets next year, reports eMarketer.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357332&rel=true

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MARKETING/BRANDS
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=45
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Canadian Marketing Association: Canadian firms are emarketing novices

Over 60 percent of Canadian firms now have websites, according to a
new survey from the Canadian Marketing Association.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357321&rel=true

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Forrester Research: Permission is key to email marketing

A new report from Forrester advises email marketers to provide
relevant content in their messages, and to keep those messages short
and reasonably infrequent.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357331&rel=true
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LaunchPad: Tech start-ups spend more on marketing

A new study has found that high-tech B2B start-ups have increased
their marketing spend, despite the economic downturn.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357333&rel=true
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eMarketer: Email marketers gear up for Xmas

eMarketer reports that November is the most important month for email
marketers running holiday season campaigns.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357344&rel=true

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RECRUITMENT
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=8
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IDC Research: Teleworking on the increase in Europe

IDC has forecast that the number of teleworkers in Europe will
increase to over 28.8 million by 2005, up from 10 million last
year.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357340&rel=true

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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=38
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Reuters: ADSL use skyrocketing in Japan

ADSL subscriptions have soared in Japan this year, according to a
report from Reuters.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357339&rel=true
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Cahners In-Stat Group: DSL to recover in US

Cahners In-Stat has forecast that the total number of DSL subscribers
in the US will reach 3.6 million by the end of this year, and over
13.5 million by the end of 2005.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357343&rel=true

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TRAVEL
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=33
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NetValue: Traffic to travel sites up in UK

Despite the current downturn in the travel industry, visitors to
travel sites in the UK increased in September, says NetValue.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357320&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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Yankee Group: Streaming media not driving broadband

Freeing up the telephone line is the main benefit of having broadband
at home, according to a new survey from the Yankee Group.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357323&rel=true

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