EU & CEE Statistics - Computers Telecommunications Internet

European Telework Development (ETD)

Relative take-up (market penetration) in EU & CEE countries:
Computers, Telecommunications and the Internet

Telecommunication and Penetration

	1990	1991	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	Growth index 1990=100
	Telephone Main Lines Per 100 Inhabitants
Austria	42	43	45	46	47	48	50	119
Belgium	39	42	44	45	46	47	48	122
Denmark	57	58	59	60	61	62	64	112
Finland	54	54	54	55	55	56	56	105
France	50	51	54	55	56	56	59	118
Germany	47	42	46	48	50	56	57	119
Greece	39	45	46	48	49	52	52	134
Ireland	28	29	33	34	37	38	41	145
Italy	39	40	42	43	43	44	45	117
Luxembourg	48	50	54	56	56	58	62	128
Netherlands	46	47	50	51	52	53	60	129
Portugal	24	26	33	35	36	38	40	166
Spain	32	34	37	38	39	39	40	124
Sweden	68	69	68	68	68	68	69	101
UK	44	45	47	49	50	52	54	122

Norway	n/a					57	62	n/a
Switzerland	n/a					64	67

USA	55	56	58	60	63	64	64
Canada	n/a					55	59
Japan	n/a					50	50

Hungary	n/a					26	30
Czech Republic	n/a					27	31
Poland	n/a					17	n/a
Russia	n/a
Turkey	n/a						26
Source:	OECD, ITU
Published:	The World Competitiveness Yearbook 1997,1998 Telecommunications statistics, 1997 and 1998, Helsinki Communications Outlook 1997

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Telecommunication and Penetration

	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996
	Rate Of Digitalisation - % Of Digital Mainlines EITO98 (s.380)
Austria	18	27	54	65	72	72
Belgium	45	48	54	60	66	72
Denmark	33	39	46	53	61	84
Finland	42	51	62	77	90	95
France	79	83	86	89	100	98
Germany	16	25	41	43	56	82
Greece	4	11	22	31	35	43
Ireland	58	68	71	75	79	83
Italy	41	48	57	67	76	85
Luxembourg	50	70	82	91	100	100
Netherlands	79	83	93	100	100	80
Portugal	45	54	59	62	70	79
Spain	34	36	41	47	56	67
Sweden	47	54	67	81	91	96
UK	55	64	75	83	88	93

Norway	n/a					92
Switwerland	n/a					75

USA	53	59	66	74	78	n/a

Bulgaria	n/a					7
Czech Republic	n/a					33
Hungary	n/a					71
Poland	n/a					49
Romania	n/a					25
Source:	OECD, ITU
Published:	Communications Outlook 1997, 1991-1995 EITO98

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Telecommunication and Penetration

	1991	1993	1995	1996	1997	5/1/98	Growth index 1996=100
	Mobile 'Phones Per 100 Inhabitants
Austria	2	3	5	7	15	18	239
Belgium	1	1	2	5	10	12	259
Denmark	3	7	16	27	29	31	117
Finland	6	10	20	29	42	46	157
France	1	1	2	4	10	12	277
Germany	1	2	5	7	10	12	172
Greece	0	0	3	5	9	9	184
Ireland	1	2	4	7	16	16	215
Italy	1	2	7	11	20	24	216
Luxembourg	0	1	7	11	18	19	170
Netherlands	1	1	3	7	11	13	194
Portugal	0	1	3	7	15	18	270
Spain	0	1	2	8	11	12	161
Sweden	7	9	23	28	36	41	145
UK	2	4	10	12	14	16	135

Norway	n/a			29	39	41	143
Switzerland	n/a			9	15	17	179

USA	3	6	13	16*	21	n/a	n/a
Canada				7*	14
Japan	n/a				23

Hungary	n/a			5	7
Czech Republic	n/a			2	5
Poland	n/a			1	0,1*
Russia	n/a			0	0,0*
Bulgaria	n/a			0	n/a
Romania				0	n/a

Turkey	n/a				3
Cyprus	n/a					14
Source:	OECD, ITU, Mobile Communications
Published:	Communications Outlook 1997 EITO98 The World Competitiveness Yearbook 98 Telecommunications statistics 1997 and 1998, Helsinki

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Computers And ISDN Lines

	1995	1996	1997	EITO 96	EITO 97	EITO 96	EITO 97
	Computers Per 1000 Inhabitants			PCs as % of White Collar Workers		ISDN Lines Per 1000 Main Lines
Austria	139	139	246	67	88	1,1	9
Belgium	173	218	249	67	84	2,7	11
Denmark	250	296	349	79	107	1,6	8
Finland	246	292	354	62	89	1,1	4
France	167	201	234	62	76	6,9	16
Germany	174	199	231	76	99	14,1	39
Greece	48	58	73	42	61	0	0
Ireland	178	222	263	60	85	0,8	2
Italy	99	135	158	57	72	2,7	5
Luxembourg	n/a		300	n/a		0	0
Netherlands	211	249	292	80	118	1,4	8
Portugal	59	85	103	43	58	0,3	4
Spain	76	105	127	68	80	1,9	9
Sweden	255	286	353	75	106	1,2	7
UK	215	248	283	74	93	6,8	8

Norway	n/a	307	363	n/a
Switzerland		234	299
USA		403	450
Canada		297	n/a
Japan		n/a	228
Czech Rebublic		63	81
Hungary		68	90
Poland		40	55
Russia		24	31
Turkey		16	20
Source:	Computer Industry Almanac 1998 EITO 96, 97, 98
Published:	The World Competitiveness Yearbook 1998

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European Telework Development (ETD)

Relative take-up (market penetration) in EU & CEE countries: Computers, Telecommunications and the Internet

Telecommunication and Penetration

Telecommunication and Penetration

Telecommunication and Penetration

Computers And ISDN Lines

Relative take-up (market penetration) in EU & CEE countries:
Computers, Telecommunications and the Internet