In the United Kingdom the National Statistics Omnibus Survey is carried out by interviewing a nationally representative sample of households. About 2000 households in Great Britain provide information periodically about Internet access and also individuals’ use of the Internet and other Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). The data tables on Internet Access show information about [...]
Skype is a clever piece of free software that allows you to make free voice calls to other Skype users anywhere in the world, using the Internet. If you are fed up with the lousy voice quality of your regular mobile phone, you will love the superior clarity of Skype, provided your broadband connection is [...]
In the comScore July 2008 analysis of the top properties where search activity is observed, Google Sites led with 9.9 billion searches, a 4-percent increase versus June. Yahoo! Sites ranked second with 2.5 billion searches, followed by Microsoft Sites with 1.1 billion and AOL LLC with 814 million.
According to a study conducted by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, almost half of all Internet users are engaging search engines, a statistic that has increased from approximately one-third of searchers in 2002. The report detailed that ”One likely reason is that users can now expect to find a high-performing, site-specific search engine [...]
Broadband internet users in Brazil reached 10 million by mid-2008, up 48 percent from the same period last year, according to a study released by Cisco, a world leading supplier of network equipment and management. The increase of high-speed mobile internet services and computer sales have contributed to the growing number of broadband internet users. [...]
The GSM Association has anounced that the number of wireless broadband Internet users has reached 50 million subscribers. This represents a healthy growth of nearly four times the 11 million subscribers registered a year ago. The GSM is predicting monthly additions of 4 million users until the end of this year. Wireless broadband using HSPA [...]
New Internet usage figures for Africa were published by Internet World Stats. African countries have advanced very much recently in Internet usage, but they still exhibit low penetration rates. Statistics show for the second quarter 2008, a World Penetration Rate of 21.9%. However, Internet penetration in Africa was 5.3%, a fourth of the world average. [...]
The term demographics refers to the statistical characteristics of human populations (such as age, race or income) and is used especially to identify a market or segment of the population. Today we look at the big changes occurring in the United States regarding its current and future population composition. The US Census Bureau reports important [...]
The term NGN refers to Next Generation Network. Briefly, it describes some key architectural evolutions in telecommunication core and access networks that will be deployed over the next 5-10 years. The general idea behind NGN is that one network transports all the information and services, such as voice, data, as well as all sorts of [...]
The Internet was first introduced in Indonesia in 1994 through an academic institution. Today the Internet in Indonesia is growing very fast. In big cities the ‘Warung Internet’ (Internet Cafe) are now booming. These are places where a user can access the Internet without having to become a customer of an ISP. People just pay [...]