Michael Pastore

DSL will be available to at least 70 percent of US homes by 2004, and will also experience dramatic growth outside the US, according to a pair of studies that examine the future of the broadband technology. The report “DSL: New Opportunities and Winning Strategies” by The Pelorus Group found that ISDN will maintain its […]

A new report predicts the number of online traders is expected to soon grow to 16.28 million investors, more than three times the number of current online investors. The report “The State of Online Investing” by Gomez Advisors and Harris Interactive found once these investors go online, the value of the assets held in online […]

As more businesses go online and more residential customers turn to broadband, ISPs will have to spend big bucks on equipment. A new report looks at where that money will be spent. The global ISP equipment market will triple by 2003, when one-third of all residential users choose high-speed Internet access, according to a report […]

The number of US households using PC banking applications is expected to more than triple in the next five years, from 7 million at the end of 1998 to more than 24.2 million by 2004, according to GartnerGroup’s Dataquest Inc. unit. More than half (13.7 million) of the 24.2 million PC banking consumers will be […]

Asia/Pacific manufacturers will supply more than 20 percent of the world’s manufactured goods via global Internet-based supplier and buyer procurement hubs by 2004, according to GartnerGroup’s Dataquest unit. According to Dataquest, international electronic commerce software and services vendors will dominate the region’s Internet-based manufacturing hub market through 2004 because the region continues to lack the […]

Online retailing is beginning to take hold in Latin America, with spending at domestic online retail sites expected to reach an estimated $77 million in 1999, according to a study by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Visa International. The study also predicts that as the barriers to e-commerce growth in the region continue to […]

Work-at-home and online households will fuel the growth of emerging broadband services and home networking solutions, according to a report by International Data Corp. According to IDC, work-at-home and online households already spend more on local and long distance services than other U.S. households, as well as enhanced calling features like Internet call waiting. The […]

Internet users in Ireland are becoming more comfortable with online transactions, as evidenced by a 20 percent jump in the number of online purchasers in the past 12 months, according to the fourth annual survey by the Irish Internet Association (IIA). The survey was carried out among 2,500 IIA members, meaning they have a career […]

Millions of Americans are missing out on the benefits of the emerging digital economy and government regulations are to blame, according to a report by public interest group iAdvance. The report found that government regulations on data transmission have slowed deployment of the high-speed Internet backbone in the US, resulting in some areas of the […]

For the first time in five years, the growth of Internet usage in South Africa is slowing down significantly, according to a report by Media Africa. The third edition of the South African Internet Services Industry Survey found that growth in the number of South African Internet subscribers fell below the 100 percent mark in […]

More Americans than ever have access to telephones, computers, and the Internet, but a digital divide remains between “haves” and “have nots,” according to a report by the US Department of Commerce. The report “Falling Through the Net: Defining the Digital Divide” found that access to computers and the Internet for Americans in all demographic […]