New technologies are one of the key industries in the XXIst century. In a world world, our scholars interacted in a few activities in the net, particularly in Social Media where its expansion is really impressive. But it is not a regular average.
A December 2011 study developed by Eurostat, a statistical bureau from the EU Union, pointed to the fact that almost one of each 4 EU Community citizens (27 members) never had used web. These data, that seem dreadful, need a bit complicated analysis.
2006 - 2011 An enormous advance
From these years folk who had not Internet access at home reduced from 42% of the population until 24%. Here we are able to see a good step to digitalization, but if we seek rather more we are able to see that 45% of Bulgarian household web access rates but 94% of Dutch ones.
Leading players in Europe
In 2011 there were important data by states. The Netherlands (95%), Luxemburg and Sweden (91%), and Denmark (90%) are at the top of the share. In the other hand Bulgaria (45%), Romania (47%) and Greece (50%) are at the base of the list.
USA versus Europe: USA wins
National Cable and Telecommunication Association announced that Wire High Speed Web Availability to U.S. Households by June, 2011 was 93%, that is, 124,8 million folks, like we can see in theNCTA analysis of SNL Kagan and Census Bureau estimates. The contrast with Europe is significant. Sweden (86%), Denmark (94%), Holland and UK (83%) and Finland (81%) registered the highest share of broadband connections in 2011, and each one of them were a great distance away from the US.
We're not talking about Romania (31%), Bulgaria (40%) and Greece (45%) that had the lowest averages, but the highest scores.
What about the use?
It's also serious. Eurostat afirms that in 2011, the highest proportions of people that had not employed the Internet were observed in Romania (54% of individuals aged 16-74), Bulgaria (46%), Greece (45%), Cyprus and Portugal (both 41%). Programms like "formacion subvencionada" in Spain (free courses for employees) had modest success.
Is Europe losing the race against the United States? With this info, that is more than a possibility.
A December 2011 study developed by Eurostat, a statistical bureau from the EU Union, pointed to the fact that almost one of each 4 EU Community citizens (27 members) never had used web. These data, that seem dreadful, need a bit complicated analysis.
2006 - 2011 An enormous advance
From these years folk who had not Internet access at home reduced from 42% of the population until 24%. Here we are able to see a good step to digitalization, but if we seek rather more we are able to see that 45% of Bulgarian household web access rates but 94% of Dutch ones.
Leading players in Europe
In 2011 there were important data by states. The Netherlands (95%), Luxemburg and Sweden (91%), and Denmark (90%) are at the top of the share. In the other hand Bulgaria (45%), Romania (47%) and Greece (50%) are at the base of the list.
USA versus Europe: USA wins
National Cable and Telecommunication Association announced that Wire High Speed Web Availability to U.S. Households by June, 2011 was 93%, that is, 124,8 million folks, like we can see in theNCTA analysis of SNL Kagan and Census Bureau estimates. The contrast with Europe is significant. Sweden (86%), Denmark (94%), Holland and UK (83%) and Finland (81%) registered the highest share of broadband connections in 2011, and each one of them were a great distance away from the US.
We're not talking about Romania (31%), Bulgaria (40%) and Greece (45%) that had the lowest averages, but the highest scores.
What about the use?
It's also serious. Eurostat afirms that in 2011, the highest proportions of people that had not employed the Internet were observed in Romania (54% of individuals aged 16-74), Bulgaria (46%), Greece (45%), Cyprus and Portugal (both 41%). Programms like "formacion subvencionada" in Spain (free courses for employees) had modest success.
Is Europe losing the race against the United States? With this info, that is more than a possibility.
About the Author:
Abel Pardo Fernandez is CEO of Aigen Digital Marketing and Professor of SEO and Marketing Digital at the Universidad de Leon