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03/06/2011
DigiWorld Yearbook 2011
IDATE, the non-profit and independent European analyst house specialising in global technology research has published the 11th edition of the DigiWorld Yearbook. The report provides a concise portrait of the digital economy and finds total spending on digital technologies and services reached €2,754 billion in 2010. The official launch event took place on 01 June in London with Michel Combes, CEO Vodafone Europe.
The first official launch party took place on 26 April 2011 in Paris with Ben and will be followed by launch parties Ben Verwaayen, CEO du groupe Alcatel-Lucent in London on 1st June with Michel Combes, CEO Region Europe, Vodafone.__________________________________________________________________________________________________
TheDigiWorld Yearbook is published in English and French and a series launch ceremonies for the report will be taking place in Paris & London. The release of this 11th anniversary edition, is also be marked by a dedicated website for the DigiWorld Yearbook which is also available in eBook and iPad-compatible versions
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The UK’s digital economy
This year’s Yearbook highlights annual global growth of 3.3% with the UK technology sector lagging at 0.84%. Notably other major European economies are experiencing higher overall growth rates with France and Germany both seeing increases of around 2% in the same period.
Despite the UK technology sector experiencing low growth rates UK consumers and businesses combined are still Europe’s biggest revenue generators on technology with an average revenue per capita of €2,060 / £1,800 between 2010 and 2011. This compares to an average revenue per capita of €1,230 in Spain and €1,950 in Germany. The UKs revenue figures were inflated by especially buoyant share of businesses on technology revenue which represented 45% of the total compared to an EU average of 38% of total technology revenues.
Yves Gassot, CEO, IDATE commented: “We can see from this year’s figures that growth in the UK is moderate and underperforming European and global peers.” He continued: “However we shouldn’t underestimate the resilience of the UK technology market and it’s encouraging to see business spending on technology was robust during 2010.”
The global and emerging market perspective
From a global perspective, North America has again pulled ahead of Europe. Although emerging markets as a group are still driving the planet’s growth – which is logical given the momentum created by the huge surge in equipment levels however there are significant variances between developing markets.
The differences between China and India are especially interesting, with the Chinese market having managed to translate the rise in unit sales into a rise in revenue, not only at home but also abroad, whereas the Indian market remains largely one of spectacular volume only. To give an example: India’s average 46% increase in mobile customer numbers translated into an only 13% increase in sales revenue for carriers. Similar nuances can also be found when comparing Latin American and African markets.
An entire chapter of the DigiWorld Yearbook is devoted to examining how the transition to IP and digital is playing out in the major ICT sectors. The Internet sector as a whole – including access, software and content – now accounts for around 8% of the ICT services market in Europe and in the United States, with the potential to rise to 20% in the medium term. The spectacular increase in volume that is expected in certain corners of the open Web, especially online video and social networking, has led stakeholders to wonder very openly about how to monetise these new services.
“2010 marked a slight recovery for DigiWorld markets which reported an average 3% growth, on the heels of a very glum year in 2009,” according to Didier Pouillot, director of the DigiWorld Yearbook project “However this overall growth trend masks distinct performances in terms of industries and geographic markets – not all of which have been so healthy.”
The DigiWorld Yearbook is published in English and French and available in print and PDF format, and for eBook and iPad. For more information please visit: www.digiworld.org
About IDATE’s DigiWorld Programme
Founded in 1977, IDATE is one of Europe’s foremost market analysis and consulting firms whose mission is to provide assistance in strategic decision-making for its clients in the telecom, Internet and media industries. Our DigiWorld Programme was created 11 years ago to provide support to the Institute’s initiatives and to highlight the role of the digital economy.
The DigiWorld Programme has become instrumental in providing a forum for international debate and consists of:
• DigiWorld Executive Forum: a series of monthly meetings in European capitals plus international business trips;
• DigiWorld Events: the annual DigiWorld Summit and a series of associated seminars devoted to exploring the central issues of the day;
• DigiWorld Publishing: the DigiWorld Yearbook and the DigiWorld Economic Journal;
• DigiWorld Collaborative Research: an annual think-tank between member companies, an IDATE team and experts from the academic world.
The DigiWorld Yearbook is financed by IDATE’s DigiWorld Programme whose membership includes over 30 prominent ICT industry enterprises such as: At&t, Cisco, IBM, Google and Orange.
The DigiWorld Summit on 16 and 17 November 2011 will also provide an opportunity to discuss the trends and disruptions examined in IDATE reports with top-flight industry personalities.
About the research methodology
The DigiWorld year book is a compilation of the research IDATE conducts during the year that encapsulates wide areas including primary studies focused on the DigiWorld (Telecom, IT & Internet). In addition the DigiWorld Yearbook draws on IDATE’s extensive secondary database. The information in IDATE’s database is based on aggregation from numerous bodies such as regulators, operators, statistical offices and specialised agencies & bureaux. IDATE then applies its industry expertise to ensure congruence between different sources. This is also further informed by regular work IDATE carries out for stakeholders such as the Broadband coverage survey for the EU or international benchmark data for Ofcom.
