MUMBAI,
DEC 11, 2014: MEASURING the Digital Economy, which analyses
how people and companies are using the Internet in different OECD countries,
the Report makes the following observations:
++ Nearly two thirds of adults in OECD countries use the Internet every day,
with 41% doing so via a mobile or smartphone. In Iceland, the Netherlands,
Luxembourg, Nordic countries and Switzerland, 9 in 10 adults surf the Web
but in Greece, Italy, Mexico and Turkey fewer than 6 in 10 do.
++ Korea has the biggest share of fixed broadband subscribers (71%) on high-speed
access, then Japan (47%) and the Netherlands (45%). The share of subscribers
on low speeds was highest in Chile (74%), Mexico (65%) and Turkey (56%).
++ Wireless broadband subscriptions in OECD countries more than tripled from
2008 to 2013 from 250 million to 850 million.
++ With more smartphones sold in 2013 than regular mobile phones for the
first time, the global market for mobile apps has reached USD 20-25 billion.
The average OECD smartphone user has 28 apps installed but only uses 11 of
them.
++ Around 60% of OECD Internet users use the Web for social networks or
online shopping - but fewer than 30% use it to fill in public administration
forms. Only 11% book doctors’ visits online.
++ The share of Internet users shopping online varies from over 80% in Denmark
and the UK to less than 30% in Chile, Estonia, Mexico and Turkey. The share
doing online banking is above 90% in Estonia, Finland and Norway but less
than 20% in Chile and Greece.
++ 94% of OECD companies have broadband and 76% have a website, but only
21% sell products online. Among small businesses, almost all are connected
in Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Korea and Switzerland but fewer
than 80% are in Greece and Poland.
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