HALF  of  EU  enterprises    provide  mobile  devices  for  business  use  

276.5  million  EUR  turnover  of  EU  B2C  eCommerce  (2012)    

14%  of  EU  SMEs    selling  online    

29%  of  EU  enterprises    use  e-­‐Invoices  

28%  EU  enterprises    use  Social  media  

38%  EU  venture  capital    is  in  ICT  

DIGITAL  BUSINESS  

DIGITAL  ECONOMY  72%  of  EU  individuals    use  INTERNET    regularly  

900  000  estimated  demand/supply  gap  by  2020  

150  Million  subscriptions  fixed  Broadband  

130  mobile  subscriptions    per  100  people  

ICT  drives  1/3rd    EU  GDP  growth    1995-­‐2007    

2.4%    of  workforce  

+  4.1%    yearly  employment  growth  

ICT  professionals  

55%    work  outside  ICT  sector  

7%  of  GDP            Size  of  the                        digital                            economy  

6%  of  Gov't  R&D    is  ICT  

17%  of  business  

R&D  by  ICT  sector  

ICT  sector  4.4%  

ICT  in    Other  Sectors  

17%  EU  patents    are  in  ICT  

Ø  Basic Broadband virtually

everywhere – Fast broadband >30 Mbps reaches 54% of EU

Ø  Internet access increasingly going mobile - 36% of EU citizens use portable devices

Ø  50% have no or low computer skills – 40% of companies have difficulties recruiting IT specialists

Ø  1,000,000 ICT vacancies by 2015

Ø  eCommerce growing steadily, but not cross-border

h"p://ec.europa.eu/digital-­‐agenda/en/scoreboard    

Digital  Agenda                              Where  are  we?  

99,9%  

"The  Internet    is  a  large  one  way  pipe  for  pouring  tat  made  in  China  through  American  onLine  stores  into  European    homes"  

-­‐  Anon  

-­‐  500MEuros  =    1Million  Irish  Homes  (or  2.5  Million            people)  equipped  with  F"H.  From  Scratch.    -­‐  1Billion  Euros  =  5  Million  People  equipped  with  F"H    -­‐  10Billion  Euros  =  UK    -­‐  40-­‐100Billion  Euros  =  All  EU  homes  equipped  with  F"H  

For  the  AestheMcally  Challenged  ….  

"We  contacted  BT  investor  relaMons,  and  they  are  not  arguing  with  the  maths,  agreeing  that  BT  does  have  some  75m  miles  of  copper  cabling  and  that  using  a  £5,000  per  tonne  spot  price  for  copper  this  could  be  worth  circa  £50bn.."  

-­‐  Morten  Singleton,  Investec  

Creatures  or  Creators?  Internet  naMves:  you  must  be  joking!  Supermarket  naMves  more  like!!  •  Synchronous?  •  IPR?  •  EducaMon?  •  Internet-­‐ready  regulaMon?  

Who  is  he?  Can  you  think  of  two  things  he  said?  

Numbers  11.29  

"The  cable  from  my  village  in  the  Highlands  to  the  exchange  contains  three  tons  of  copper  (value  about  20k  USD)  and  will  not  even  carry  dial-­‐up!"  

4Billion  Euros!!    At  least  he's  be"er  than  Neville  

 

Maggie:  She's  tough,  I  can't  go  inside,  I  can't  get  close  enough  to  hit  her.  Frankie:  You  know  why  that  is?  Maggie:  Why?  Frankie:  Cause  she's  a  be"er  fighter  than  you  are,  that's  why.  She's  younger,  she's  stronger,  and  she's  more  experienced.  Now,  what  are  you  gonna  do  about  it?    

1981  was  ages  ago!!!