Spain reached the European average in the information society despite the crisis
Spain has for the first time the European average in developing the information society in a context of crisis that "has been noted in the sector, especially with regard to ICT and mobile telephony, as highlighted the general manager of the Orange Foundation, Manuel Gimeno.
This ranking, the 'index eEspaña', has been prepared for the ninth consecutive year by the Orange Foundation and presented today at an event that was attended by the president of the Madrid region, Esperanza Aguirre, and the president of the Principality of Asturias, Vicente Alvarez Areces.
According eEspaña 2009, the country was in the sixteenth position in the table, where "the structure of its economy in the ICT-intensive sectors" should be found around the twentieth. The Scandinavian countries, Holland, Luxembourg and France top the list for developing the information society.
However, Gimeno has warned of the consequences of current economic conditions in sections such as the ICT sector, whose revenues have been located in the same figures "than last year. With regard to mobile telephony, the prospects do not improve "and that in the past year, despite recording more users, only increased his income by one percent - in the last ten years were located above ten percent -.
"The fall in consumption was
mainly from the second half of 2008 and continue in this line could be the case that 2009 becomes the first year that revenues from mobile telephony fall," he explained.
Seven out of ten Internet users in Social Networks
Other data in the report is printed the Internet access in Spanish firms compared with EU countries - led by France this classification and Malta - .Asimismo, is a leader in mobile broadband, with 15.6 million users and virtually all companies with 10 or more employees connected to the Internet.
It also notes that seven of every ten Spanish Internet users older than 15 years are users of social networks, a figure only surpassed by the United Kingdom (eight out of ten). The report also shows that since March 2006 have been issued about 10 million electronic identity card - one quarter of the population - which puts Spain at the head of Europe.
MADRID ASTURIAS Y, LEADERS
In point of autonomous communities, Madrid leads the rate of convergence of the information society, while Asturias heads the section on the availability of public services on-line '.
To Aguirre, these data are "encouraging" for the community of Madrid, although he recalled that "further work" to improve public services on-line '. For his part, warned that Areces Asturias has to "get out" of the area and "modernized", but believes that the Principality is ready to exit the crisis.
This ranking, the 'index eEspaña', has been prepared for the ninth consecutive year by the Orange Foundation and presented today at an event that was attended by the president of the Madrid region, Esperanza Aguirre, and the president of the Principality of Asturias, Vicente Alvarez Areces.
According eEspaña 2009, the country was in the sixteenth position in the table, where "the structure of its economy in the ICT-intensive sectors" should be found around the twentieth. The Scandinavian countries, Holland, Luxembourg and France top the list for developing the information society.
However, Gimeno has warned of the consequences of current economic conditions in sections such as the ICT sector, whose revenues have been located in the same figures "than last year. With regard to mobile telephony, the prospects do not improve "and that in the past year, despite recording more users, only increased his income by one percent - in the last ten years were located above ten percent -.
"The fall in consumption was
Seven out of ten Internet users in Social Networks
Other data in the report is printed the Internet access in Spanish firms compared with EU countries - led by France this classification and Malta - .Asimismo, is a leader in mobile broadband, with 15.6 million users and virtually all companies with 10 or more employees connected to the Internet.
It also notes that seven of every ten Spanish Internet users older than 15 years are users of social networks, a figure only surpassed by the United Kingdom (eight out of ten). The report also shows that since March 2006 have been issued about 10 million electronic identity card - one quarter of the population - which puts Spain at the head of Europe.
MADRID ASTURIAS Y, LEADERS
In point of autonomous communities, Madrid leads the rate of convergence of the information society, while Asturias heads the section on the availability of public services on-line '.
To Aguirre, these data are "encouraging" for the community of Madrid, although he recalled that "further work" to improve public services on-line '. For his part, warned that Areces Asturias has to "get out" of the area and "modernized", but believes that the Principality is ready to exit the crisis.
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