The Information Society in Spain - Plan Avanza

Recent analysts’ opinions … (IV)
IDATE – Broadband in Europe report, December 2008
• Spain is the leader across Europe in fixed broadband speed: 83% of total Broadband lines have
a speed higher than 2 Mbps. The second country is The Netherlands, with a 63% (20 points below
Spain).
European Commission - Broadband access in the EU, November 2008
• Spain is the leader of the EU in terms of high speed Internet mobile penetration, way ahead of
countries like Italy or Germany.
• 19.5% of the Spanish population are mobile broadband users, in contrast to 6.9% EU average*
Spanish National Statistics Institute (INE), Update on Service Sector Activity
Indicators, September 2008
• IT services keep the pace in Spain with a total annual sales increase of 8.7% up to September 2008.
• IT services employment rate has also increased by +4.2% in the year up to September 2008.
• Prices for telecom services have fallen by -3.5% in the year up to March 2008. Relevant role in the
Spanish economy’s inflationary restraint.
(*) Spanish CMT uses a more rigid methodology for measuring this parameter than the one used by EC for all EU countries. Nonetheless, EC data
offer a homogeneous comparison for all EU countries.
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