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November 5, 2001 Published by: ComputerScope Ltd Volume 6 Number 43
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CONTENTS
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EDITORIAL:
'Back to normal'
by Kathy Foley

ACCESS DEVICES
:Nokia leads European mobile device market

ADVERTISING
:Wireless Net users don't want mobile ads

BUSINESS USE
:Irish firms move slowly to wireless
:UK firms unaware of B2B marketplaces

ECOMMERCE
:Canadian small firms busy at ecommerce
:Convenience is key for online shoppers

EDUCATION
:Elearning gaining ground in US

ENTERTAINMENT
:Napster still a favorite in Europe

GENERAL DEMOGRAPHICS
:Few PC owners do not go online
:ADSL to remain dominant in W. Europe
:Net population still growing in Japan

INFRASTRUCTURES
:New York most wired city on Earth

IT/COMPUTER INDUSTRY
:IT sector to recover in late 2003
:Dotcom failures up slightly last month
:European dotcoms facing reality

MARKETING/BRANDS
:Email marketing proves effective

PORTALS/ISPS
:Business ISPs will suffer consolidation

USAGE PATTERNS
:Confidence up in Net since attacks
:Most Japanese say Net is essential
:Most US Internet users visit online groups



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EDITORIAL:
'Back to normal'
by Kathy Foley

In the fortnight or so following the September 11 attacks, most
business analysts hastened to revise their economic forecasts. It
seemed that the attacks, coming as they did when most of the world
seemed to be slipping into recession, could only worsen the global
economy. As far as online business goes, however, it seems that the
analysts may have spoken too soon.

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ACCESS DEVICES
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Canalys: Nokia leads European mobile device market

Shipments of mobile devices in Europe in Q3 were down 16 percent on
Q3 last year, although shipments to date this year are still higher
than last year, according to Canalys.

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ADVERTISING
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=2
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Cahners In-Stat Group: Wireless Net users don't want mobile ads

Sixty-four percent of wireless Internet users polled by Cahners In-
Stat say they are not interested in receiving mobile advertising.

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BUSINESS USE
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=6
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IDC Research: Irish firms move slowly to wireless

Only 8 percent of Irish corporate websites are accessible to wireless
Internet users, according to IDC.

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IDC Research: UK firms unaware of B2B marketplaces

According to IDC, awareness of online trading marketplaces is low
among UK businesses.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357363&rel=true

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ECOMMERCE
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=14
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eMarketer: Canadian small firms busy at ecommerce

Forty-six percent of small to medium sized firms (SMEs) in Canada
have engaged in ecommerce this year, reports eMarketer.

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Gartner Group: Convenience is key for online shoppers

New research from Gartner G2 shows that US consumers value
convenience over price when shopping online.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357364&rel=true

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EDUCATION
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=15
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eMarketer: Elearning gaining ground in US

According to a report on eMarketer, 24 percent of US organizations
are now using elearning to train employees, up from 16 percent last
year.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357359&rel=true

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ENTERTAINMENT
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=48
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Jupiter Media Metrix: Napster still a favorite in Europe

According to Jupiter MMXI, the active online file sharing population
in Europe has almost halved since Napster was brought to court for
copyright infringement.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357345&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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Yankee Group: Few PC owners do not go online

Ninety-three percent of PC-owning households in the US have Internet
access, according to the Yankee Group.

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Datamonitor: ADSL to remain dominant in W. Europe

According to Datamonitor, the business and residential broadband
market in Western Europe will be worth USD16 billion by 2006.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357362&rel=true
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AsiaBizTech: Net population still growing in Japan

The number of cable TV Internet subscribers in Japan rose to 1.15
million by the end of September, up from 967,000 at the end of June,
and 463,000 at the end of September 2000.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357361&rel=true

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INFRASTRUCTURES
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=20
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Telegeography: New York most wired city on Earth

New York has the highest bandwidth capacity of any city in the world,
according to TeleGeography.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357353&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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Forrester Research: IT sector to recover in late 2003

Forrester has predicted that the slowdown in the tech sector will
last until Q3 2002, and that double-digit growth will begin in
2004.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357348&rel=true
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Inter@ctive Week Online: Dotcom failures up slightly last month

Thirty-three US Internet firms, mainly B2C companies, shut in
October, reports Interactive Week. The total for this year now stands
at 491, and the total since January 2000 is 716.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357357&rel=true
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PricewaterhouseCoopers: European dotcoms facing reality

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) says that 30 percent of European dotcoms
are in danger of running out of money, and face liquidation or
consolidation.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357354&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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DoubleClick Inc: Email marketing proves effective

New research from DoubleClick indicates that over 88 percent of
online consumers have made a purchase as a result of receiving
permission-based email, up from 61 percent last year.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357355&rel=true

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PORTALS/ISPS
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=22
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Cahners In-Stat Group: Business ISPs will suffer consolidation

The top ten US ISPs generated over 65 percent of all Internet access
revenues in the US last year, according to Cahners In-Stat.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357346&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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ACNielsen: Confidence up in Net since attacks

The latest release of the Yahoo/ACNielsen Internet Confidence Index
shows that confidence in the Internet rose by 9 points in the US
after the September 11 attacks.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357349&rel=true

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AsiaBizTech: Most Japanese say Net is essential

Sixty-nine percent of the Japanese online population say the Internet
is essential to everyday life, reports AsiaBizTech.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357352&rel=true

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Pew Internet & American Life: Most US Internet users visit online
groups

Eighty-four percent of US Internet users have contacted an online
group, according to new research from the Pew Internet & American
Life Project.

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