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- TELECOM, WIRELESS: 7% of US adults
say they or someone in their household accesses wireless
Internet services on a mobile phone. (Taylor Nelson Sofres
Intersearch, Feb. 2001). http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356451&rel=true
- TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPETITION: As
of July 2000, 2,800 companies worldwide are authorized
to build international telephone networks, up from 600
in 1997. (Telegeography 2001).
- TELEPHONE PENETRATION: U.S. telephone
penetration rate rose to 94.6% in March, highest level
in nation's history. (Census Bureau, 2000).
- TEXT OVER MOBILE PHONES: Approximately
4.4 million Americans sent text via mobile phone in the
year 2000, according to Yankee Group. The researcher predicts
that the number will grow to 9.4 million in 2001
- TRADE: CA exports to Mexico and Canada,
partners with the U.S. in the North American Free Trade
Agreement, have grown 141% in the seven years since the
treaty took effect. Growth in exports under NAFTA has
created 239,000 jobs in California. (LA Times Mar. 21,
2001).
- TRAVEL & LEISURE SHOPPERS: Number
of Internet users shopping online for travel and leisure
products and services doubled last year to 27 million,
up from 13.4 million for 1998. (CyberDialogue,
May 2000).
- U.S. FAMILY SPENDING ON COMMUNICATIONS
INCREASING: Average U.S. family total spending on communications
increased from $325 in 1980 to $830 in 1998. (Morning
Edition, June 2000) http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/me/20000628.me.07.rmm
- WEB IMPACTS OFFLINE BUYING: Web research
will influence $632 billion in offline U.S. consumer spending.
(Jupiter Communications, 2000).
- WEB SITE DEVELOPMENT SPENDING: According
to ActivMedia, e-businesses will spend $22.5 billion in
2000 for website development. ActivMedia believes this
number will represent 17% of an estimated $132 billion
in revenue generated this year. http://www.emarketer.com/estatnews/estats/ebusiness/20001214_Website_Budget.html?ref=wn
- WEDDING PLANNING: 29% of brides use
the Internet to find wedding information, more than turn
to friends & family (25%) or magazines (21%). (eMarketer
/ Greenfield Online
, May 2000).
- WEDDING PLANNING: 29% of online brides-to-be
use the Net as their preferred source of wedding information,
compared with 25% who ranked “friends and family” first
and 21% who cited magazines as their primary guide. (Greenfield
Online, May 2000).
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- Research organizations differ
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verify the accuracy of all of the findings. We include
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- Abbreviations / acronyms
used herein are defined and explained more fully in the
issue briefs available at Cisco’s public policy page.
Most common acronyms include DSL (digital subscriber line
service, which is high speed Internet access over telephone
lines); WAN (wide area network connections link different
organizations such as schools across a region); LAN (local
area network connections link computers within an organization)
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