3. Enterprise Usage 68 per cent of enterprises were connected via mobile broadband in spring 2010. 58 per cent of enterprises had a mobile broadband connection with a laptop 56 per cent with a mobile phone This data were collected with an inquiry in spring 2010 and they apply to enterprises with at least ten employees
5. Mobile Broadband Mobile broadband connection is clearly more common in larger than smaller enterprises This was the case for 93 per cent of enterprises in the largest size category Smallest enterprises with 10 to 19 employees was 58 per cent Mobile broadband was the most commonly used in the sector of information and communication (95%) and the least commonly in accommodation and food service activities (49%), construction (51%) and retail trade (52%)
6. Fixed Broadband A fixed network broadband connection was used by as many as 93 per cent of enterprises 90 per cent of those in the smallest size category When both fixed and mobile broadband is taken into account, 96 per cent of enterprises have a broadband connection
7. Websites and Selling Internet websites have become ever more common 87 per cent of enterprises have their own website Smallest size category 81 per cent have a website. 15 per cent of enterprises sold their products on the Internet The majority of the value of Internet sales, 81 per cent, came from trade between enterprises.
8. Data Protection Room for improvement Only 37 per cent of enterprises have an official data security policy Just 13 per cent have compulsory training related to data security Only 53 per cent use strong user identification Source: Use of Information Technology in Enterprises 2010, Statistics Finland
9. Household Connection In February 2006,62 per cent of households in Finland were connected to the Internet. In four cases out of five the connection was broadband There were over 1.2 million broadband connections to households 7th highest broadband connection rate in the EU Source: Statistics Finland's new publication ”Information Society Statistics” 2006
11. Information In 1995, the Paraguayan government liberalized the mobile and Internet segments to encourage the entry of new competitors into the market Failure to adequately encourage broadband growth has led to a very low broadband penetration rate Paraguay has one of the lowest Internet and broadband penetration rates in South America By December 2008, Internet penetration was 1.67 per cent and broadband penetration was 1.5 per cent Most ADSL services offer download speeds of between 64 Kbps and 1024 Kbps and barely make it over the minimum speed threshold for true broadband services
12. Mobile Broadband Due to the patchy fixed-line infrastructure in the region, operators in this market were left with virtually no other choice but to use wireless technology In contrast to the broadband sector, Paraguay’s mobile sector is far more dynamic
13. Five Major Providers ...offering mainly GSM/GPRS services are: Tigo (Telecel) 50 per cent market share HolaParaguay (KDDI) branded as Vox 11 percent market share Personal (Telecom Argentina) Claro (AmerciaMovil) 9 per cent market share Capaco
