Press Release: 024
Release date: 11 Mar 1998
New report gives market statistics for information technology and telecommunications Special studies on the Euro, ICT convergence, ICT at home, and telework.
(NEWSdesk) -- The European Information Technology Observatory (EITO) is Europe's most authoritative and comprehensive source for market data about the information technology and telecommunications sector. Each year the EITO annual report provides current and forecast data and trends about Europe's use of computers and telecommunications, together with new material about different aspects of the market.
This year's EITO report was launched at a Brussels press conference on 5th March 1998, with presentations from European Commission officials, the Eito-Chairman Dr. Bruno Lamborghini, also President of the European IT industry association EUROBIT.
Some examples show the range and depth of content:
Consumers and Technology - Big Variations
A special article on the current and future use of technology in the home reveals wide variations in access to the Internet by European citizens. Europe Continues to Lag the US. Another major article in EITO 1998 provides a summary of the status and growth opportunities for telework in Europe. Working at home is a major reason for acquiring home PCs, with 72% of all home PC users reporting work activities as a major application. The European Telework Development initiative reports that telework is in transition, with a new market model. By 2002 there could be more than 15 million telework jobs in Europe and by 2007 more than 40 million.
EITO 1998 also reports on Europe's preparedness for the imminent arrival of the EURO (new common currency unit) and on the clash between preparing IT systems for EURO and investigating and addressing the potential problems of computer applications that may not recognise the year 2000. The main concern is that it may already be too late for the many companies who haven't planned and started their preparations.
Europe will have a net shortage of the relevant computer skills over the next three years and already suppliers and users of ICTs are bidding up the rates of pay and fees for those with the right experience, forcing up the cost of the changes and making it more difficult to find solutions.
Tables, Graphs and ChartsThe annual EITO reports contain a wealth of tables, graphs and charts, providing an unrivalled resource for anyone with an interest in the, computers, telecommunications, the Information Society, telework, electronic commerce, Internet and other applications. In many cases, time series and growth rates show the pattern of developments year on year, with future forecasts, and there is country-by-country analysis of both the data and the trends.
Notes for Editors:For an invitation to attend the EITO 1998 launch please contact Mrs. Kerstin Mottner, E-mail K.Mottner@fvit-eurobit.de
For an up to the minute summary of the EITO 1998 report and how to obtain copies, please see http://www.eto.org.uk/
For the first time the EITO launch this year will be webcast by arrangement with European Telework Development and the TeleworkEuropa Forum, for details please see http://www.eto.org.uk/
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