| Measure | UK (position)
| Germany (position) | Source
|
| PC uptake | 34%best in EU G7
| 33%
2nd in EU G7 |
ITU, 2001 |
| Digital TV uptake | 29%
(4,700,000 users)
best in world
| no position shown
(1,706,000 users)
| Strategy Analitics and Merrill Lynch, 2000
|
| PC uptake—schools | 14 per 100 pupils (secondary)
9 per 100 pupils (primary)
best in EU G7
| 6 per 100 pupils (secondary)
1 per 100 pupils (primary)
worst in G7
| RMG7 report, 2000 |
| Schools connected to the internet | 99% (secondary)
89 % (primary)1
best in G7
| 82% (secondary)
10% (primary)
5th in G7
| RMG7 report, 2000 |
| Internet hosts | 65 per 1000 inhabitants best in EU G7
| 50 per 100 inhabitants 2nd in EU G7 | Netsizer, May 2001
|
| Regular internet users | 55%
best in EU G7
| 52%
2nd in EU G7 |
EU, July 2001 |
| Internet users shopping online | 37%
best in EU G7
| 29%
2nd in EU G7 |
Eurobarometer, Feb 2001 |
| Business ICT expenditure (% of GDP) | 6.5%
best in EU G7
| 5.9%
3rd in EU G7 |
OECD, 2000 |
| Secure internet servers | 11 per 1000 inhabitants
best in EU G7
| 6 per 1000 inhabitants
2nd in EU G7
| Netcraft, Jan 2001 |
| Narrowband unlimited peak access cost (business)
| 3rd in world | Not measured
| OECD, Aug 2001 |
| Businesses trading online | 24%
best in world
| 23%
2nd in EU G7 | DTI, Oct 2001
|
1 96% : written answer from John Healey, Under-Secretary at Education 13 December 2001.
16 January 2002
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