The European e-Business Report The European e ... - empirica
The European e-Business Report The European e ... - empirica
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>European</strong> E-<strong>Business</strong> <strong>Report</strong> 2005<br />
Exhibit 1.1-2: Migration towards DSL-based<br />
internet connections (% of firms with<br />
internet access) from 2003 - 2005<br />
Textile<br />
Chemical /<br />
pharma<br />
Tourism<br />
I(C)T<br />
services<br />
0 20 40 60 80 100<br />
23<br />
27<br />
39<br />
48<br />
42<br />
49<br />
47<br />
64<br />
EU-5 (2003); EU-7 (2005).<br />
DSL ('03)<br />
DSL ('05)<br />
Source: e-<strong>Business</strong> W@tch (Surveys 2003 / 2005)<br />
Broadband adoption is further progressing.<br />
In particular, the share of firms using DSL<br />
connections (out of those that have internet<br />
access) has significantly increased in all<br />
sectors that were covered by the surveys of<br />
e-<strong>Business</strong> W@tch in both 2003 and 2005.<br />
At the same time, the percentage of companies<br />
still using analogue dial up modems<br />
to go online has decreased (not shown in<br />
figure). In the textile industry, for example,<br />
41% of companies with internet access still<br />
connected in this very basic way in 2003; in<br />
2005, 'only' 26% of firms used dial-up<br />
modems. Thus, the average bandwidth<br />
available has clearly increased from 2003 to<br />
2005.<br />
Connecting computers within and between establishments<br />
Exhibit 1.1-3: ICT network adoption<br />
by size-band (2005)<br />
LAN<br />
W-LAN<br />
WAN<br />
VPN<br />
0 20 40 60 80 100<br />
13<br />
16<br />
25<br />
7<br />
11<br />
7<br />
14<br />
32<br />
33<br />
41<br />
43<br />
60<br />
61<br />
In % of firms, EU-7.<br />
Micro (1-9)<br />
69<br />
87<br />
Small (10-49)<br />
96<br />
Medium (50-249)<br />
Large (250+)<br />
Source: e-<strong>Business</strong> W@tch (Survey 2005)<br />
Requirements for connectivity within and<br />
between enterprises obviously increase by<br />
firm size. Local Area Networks (LAN) are a<br />
basic form of connecting computers within a<br />
company size. LANs are widely deployed<br />
even among very small firms. Wireless<br />
LANs are used, for instance, to enable<br />
mobile access to the company network from<br />
different places within the site. Employees<br />
can take their notebooks to meetings and<br />
still have access to company data.<br />
Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), a technology<br />
used to connect securely between<br />
branches of the same organisation and to<br />
other organisations, have rapidly gained in<br />
importance over the past few years, particularly<br />
among medium-sized firms (33%) and<br />
large enterprises (61%).<br />
Wide Area Networks (WAN) are relevant<br />
mainly for firms with several establishments.<br />
Consequently, WANs are mostly used by<br />
large firms (close to 70%).<br />
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