[spectre] Re: [CSL]: Nua Internet Surveys: October 1, 2001

furtherfield info@furtherfield.org
Tue, 02 Oct 2001 13:13:51 +0000


on 2/10/01 7:17 AM, John Armitage at john.armitage@UNN.AC.UK wrote:

> From: Nua Internet Surveys [mailto:surveys@nua.com] Sent: Monday, October 01,
> 2001 7:28 PM
> To: Recipients of surveys mailing list
> Subject: Nua Internet Surveys: October 1, 2001
> 
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> October 1, 2001 Published by: ComputerScope Ltd Volume 6 Number 38
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> CONTENTS
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> 
> EDITORIAL:
> 'Half a billion online'
> by Kathy Foley
> 
> ACCESS DEVICES
> :Mobiles to outnumber fixed lines by 2006
> :Almost 400m set-top boxes in use by 2007
> 
> ADVERTISING
> :Online ad revenues down on last year
> 
> BUSINESS USE
> :US firms turning to broadband
> :Spending on ebusiness initiatives to drop
> :UK corporate sites "out of control"
> 
> ECOMMERCE
> :Consumer confidence in Net remains high
> :US online retail spend up in August
> :Over a third of B2B online by 2006
> 
> EMAIL
> :Permission email irritates few Net users
> :Employers fear litigation over email
> 
> ENTERTAINMENT
> :Digital camera market expanding rapidly
> 
> FINANCIAL SERVICES
> :Wells Fargo leads US online banking
> :Online banks fail customer service test
> :Online investor numbers dwindling
> 
> GENERAL DEMOGRAPHICS
> :Over a fifth of Slovakians online
> :Broadband nears saturation in South Korea
> :Half of UK adults have been online
> 
> INFRASTRUCTURES
> :Wireless infrastructure spending to soar
> 
> IT/COMPUTER INDUSTRY
> :Global software market slowing down
> 
> MINORITIES
> :US Hispanics active online
> 
> PUBLISHING/MEDIA
> :Attacks drove traffic to news sites
> 
> SECURITY TOOLS
> :Information security market growing
> 
> TELECOMMUNICATIONS
> :DSL market falling in North America
> 
> WOMEN
> :Women more likely to be frequent Net users
> 
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> 
> EDITORIAL:
> 'Half a billion online'
> by Kathy Foley
> 
> After an enforced hiatus due to our financial troubles and subsequent
> takeover earlier this year, Nua's How Many Online figures have once again
> been updated, this time to the end of August 2001. After much plowing
> through reports and adding things up in Excel, we can now report that the
> number of people with Internet access around the world is 513.41 million.
> Give or take a few million.
> 
> For the full story, go to:
> http://www.nua.ie/surveys/analysis/weekly_editorial.html
> 
> For archives of editorials, go to:
> http://www.nua.ie/surveys/analysis/weekly_editorial/archives/index.htm
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> NEWS STORIES START HERE
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> ACCESS DEVICES
> Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=26
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> 
> IDG.net:Mobiles to outnumber fixed lines by 2006
> 
> IDG reports that mobile phones could outnumber traditional land lines
> around the world by 2006.
> 
> http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357222&rel=true
> __________________________________________________________________
> 
> Jon Peddie Associates:Almost 400m set-top boxes in use by 2007
> 
> The number of digital set-top boxes installed worldwide will reach
> 397.5 million by 2007, according to new research from Jon Peddie
> Associates (JPA).
> 
> http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357239&rel=true
> 
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> ADVERTISING
> Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=2
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> 
> IAB:Online ad revenues down on last year
> 
> Internet advertising revenues for the first half of 2001 were down
> 7.8 percent on the same period in 2000, according to a new report
> released by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), and conducted
> by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
> 
> http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357225&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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> 
> eMarketer:US firms turning to broadband
> 
> Over one million US firms will move to DSL broadband Internet access
> over the next three years, says eMarketer.
> 
> http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357224&rel=true
> __________________________________________________________________
> 
> Strategy Analytics:Spending on ebusiness initiatives to drop
> 
> Global spending on ebusiness infrastructure is set to fall to USD31
> billion this year, down from USD36 billion last year, according to
> Strategy Analytics.
> 
> http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357226&rel=true
> __________________________________________________________________
> 
> Content Wire:UK corporate sites "out of control"
> 
> Forty-one percent of large UK firms admitted their websites were "out
> of control" in a recent survey.
> 
> http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357244&rel=true
> 
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> CUSTOMER SERVICE
> Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=47
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> 
> The Industry Standard:Online banks fail customer service test
> 
> Banks around the world are failing to make adequate use of the
> Internet to communicate with their customers, reports the Industry
> Standard.
> 
> http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357241&rel=true
> 
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> ECOMMERCE
> Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=14
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> 
> ACNielsen: Consumer confidence in Net remains high
> 
> US consumer confidence in ecommerce is rising, according to the
> latest release of the Yahoo/AC Nielsen Internet Confidence Index.
> 
> http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357227&rel=true
> __________________________________________________________________
> 
> Forrester Research: US online retail spend up in August
> 
> The latest release of the Forrester Online Retail Index shows that US
> online retail spending rose to just over USD4 billion in August, from
> USD3.98 billion in July, and USD3.2 billion in June.
> 
> http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357230&rel=true
> __________________________________________________________________
> 
> Jupiter Media Metrix: Over a third of B2B online by 2006
> 
> Thirty-six percent of all US business-to-business spending will occur
> online by 2006, according to a new report from Jupiter Media
> Metrix.
> 
> http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357238&rel=true
> 
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> EMAIL
> Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=16
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> 
> eMarketer:Permission email irritates few Net users
> 
> Forty-eight percent of the recipients of permission email are curious
> to read it, and 13 percent are eager to read it, reports
> eMarketer.
> 
> http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357231&rel=true
> __________________________________________________________________
> 
> IDG.net:Employers fear litigation over email
> 
> IDG reports that 10 percent of US employers have been subpoenaed to
> produce employee emails in lawsuits.
> 
> http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357234&rel=true
> 
> ********************************************************************
> ENTERTAINMENT
> Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=48
> ********************************************************************
> 
> InfoTrends: Digital camera market expanding rapidly
> 
> Twenty-one percent of all cameras sold around the world this year
> will be low-end digital cameras, according to new research from
> InfoTrends.
> 
> http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357233&rel=true
> 
> ********************************************************************
> FINANCIAL SERVICES
> Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=4
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> 
> Nielsen NetRatings: Wells Fargo leads US online banking
> 
> US visitors to online banking sites spent an average of 45 minutes at
> such sites during August, according to Nielsen NetRatings.
> 
> http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357223&rel=true
> __________________________________________________________________
> 
> The Industry Standard:Online banks fail customer service test
> 
> Banks around the world are failing to make adequate use of the
> Internet to communicate with their customers, reports the Industry
> Standard.
> 
> http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357241&rel=true
> __________________________________________________________________
> 
> CyberAtlas: Online investor numbers dwindling
> 
> Online brokerages are steadily losing customers, according to a
> report on CyberAtlas.
> 
> http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357243&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: Over a fifth of Slovakians online
> 
> Almost 23 percent of adults in Slovakia have used the Internet,
> according to a report on Europemedia.
> 
> http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357232&rel=true
> __________________________________________________________________
> 
> Nielsen NetRatings: Broadband nears saturation in South Korea
> 
> New data from Nielsen NetRatings shows that 95 percent of home
> Internet users in South Korea, or 15.8 million people, have broadband
> connections.
> 
> http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357235&rel=true
> __________________________________________________________________
> 
> Office of National Statistics: Half of UK adults have been online
> 
> Fifty-one percent of UK adults have used the Internet, according to
> the UK Office of National Statistics.
> 
> http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357242&rel=true
> 
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> INFRASTRUCTURES
> http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=20
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> 
> Newsfactor Network: Wireless infrastructure spending to soar
> 
> Spending on wireless infrastructure will increase from USD99.4
> billion this year to USD120.2 billion by 2004, reports Wireless
> NewsFactor.
> 
> http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357240&rel=true
> 
> ********************************************************************
> IT/COMPUTER INDUSTRY
> Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=12
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> 
> Dataquest: Global software market slowing down
> 
> Gartner Dataquest says that worldwide spending on software is slowing
> significantly as the economic downturn takes effect.
> 
> http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357236&rel=true
> 
> ********************************************************************
> MINORITIES
> Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=49
> ********************************************************************
> 
> Forrester Research: US Hispanics active online
> 
> Almost half of US Hispanics are now online, according to new research
> from Forrester.
> 
> http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357228&rel=true
> 
> ********************************************************************
> PUBLISHING/MEDIA
> Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=46
> ********************************************************************
> 
> Jupiter Media Metrix: Attacks drove traffic to news sites
> 
> Traffic to US news sites was almost double usual levels during the
> week of the US attacks, according to Jupiter Media Metrix.
> 
> http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357220&rel=true
> 
> ********************************************************************
> SECURITY TOOLS
> Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=53
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> 
> IDC Research:Information security market growing
> 
> IDC has forecast that the global market for information security
> services will reach USD21 billion by the end of 2005, up from USD6.7
> billion last year.
> 
> http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357221&rel=true
> 
> ********************************************************************
> TELECOMMUNICATIONS
> Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=38
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> 
> RHK: DSL market falling in North America
> 
> A new study from RHK shows that the DSL equipment market in North
> America in the first half of this year was down 44 percent on the
> second half of last year.
> 
> http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357229&rel=true
> 
> ********************************************************************
> WOMEN
> Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=35
> ********************************************************************
> 
> Content Intelligence: Women more likely to be frequent Net users
> 
> Female Internet users in the US are less likely to have years of
> online experience, according to new research from Content
> Intelligence.
> 
> http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357237&rel=true
> 
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