Ireland - Data and Internet Markets

Synopsis

Archived report: this report was archived on 15 February 2005 and has not been updated. The Irish data and Internet market has long been something of an anomaly in Western Europe. The country, despite its small size, has demonstrated dramatic economic growth and transformation on the back of a booming knowledge economy in the 1990s and early 2000s. Ireland has one of the largest ICT and related services economies in Europe relative to the size of its GDP and is a major exporter of these. Internet and mobile communications usage is broadly in line with the rest of the EU. Nevertheless, it has been very slow to adopt broadband in either the residential or business markets. This report presents a historical snapshot of the Irish data and Internet markets in 2004.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Data market
  • 2.1 Leased lines
    • 2.1.1 Availability
    • 2.1.2 Delivery times
  • 2.2 Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)
• 3. Internet market
  • 3.1 Overview of the Internet in Ireland
  • 3.2 Internet statistics
  • 3.3 Internet access locations
  • 3.4 Profile of Internet users
  • 3.5 Residential market
    • 3.5.1 E-commerce
  • 3.6 Business market
  • 3.7 Flat Rate Internet Access Call Origination (FRIACO)
  • 3.8 ISP market
• 4. Related reports

• Table 1 – Operator market shares of leased lines – 2003
• Table 2 – Delivery times for leased line orders – 2004
• Table 3 – ISDN subscribers – 1997 - 2004
• Table 4 – Operator market shares of ISDN lines – 2003
• Table 5 – Internet users – 1995 - 2003
• Table 6 – Internet host computers – 1995 - 2003
• Table 7 – Home PCs – 1995 - 2003
• Table 8 – Internet access locations – 2003
• Table 9 – All Internet users by age group – 2003
• Table 10 – Residential Internet market – 2000 - 2003
• Table 11 – Home Internet users by age group – 2003
• Table 12 – Frequency of Internet use at home – 2002 - 2003
• Table 13 – Most commonly used Internet-based services by businesses - 2003
• Table 14 – ISPs market shares – 2003