FRANCE: ART'S SURVEY ON INTERNET ACCESS

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While more than 50% of Internet users get connected for less than five hours per month in France, around 5% are connected for over 25 hours, a survey by the ART reveals. The average connection time was eight hours and 50 minutes in January 2000. Compared to 5-7% in 2000, there should be 15-30% Internet subscribers with a high speed access in 2003, which would represent more than FFr 3bn in sales that year, from 500mn today. Compared to FFr 1.6bn in access communication and 1.1bn in subscriptions in 1999, the switched Internet access in France should go up at 4bn and 1.4bn in 2000, according to the survey. The total telephone traffic volume for access communication should reach 25bn minutes in 2000, the equivalent of around 15% of France Telecom's total telephone traffic. Video over the Internet, and other applications requiring high speed accesses, will boost the Internet access market in the future. According to the ART, such applications will grab up to 6% of the world-wide network's throughput capacity in 2003, instead of 2% today.

Communications Equipment, Communications Equipment Manufacturing, Telecommunications equipment

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France: On-line advertising in July 2001

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According to Lemonad, the number of advertisers on the Internet between July 2000 and July 2001 rose to 1,485 in July 2001, up 62%. The average number of advertising campaigns rose to over 3,000, up 69%, and the number of strips jumped to 7,765, up 51%. The average number of advertising campaigns by advertiser rose from 1.9 in July 2000 to 2.1 in July 2001 and the number of strips per advertising campaign slipped from 2.9 in July 2000 to 2.5 in July 2001. In July 2001, 75.4% of the advertisers were concentrated in 10 sectors, including distribution, and 25% of the advertisers produced 75% of the banners. According to Merrill Lynch analysts, the French on-line advertising market is expected to rise in value from US$ 108mn in 2001 to US$ 458mn in 2005.

Advertising, Advertising and Related Services, Advertising services

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France: Portable computers, LCD screens, 2nd quarter 01

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Samsung took 23% of the market of LCD screens during the second quarter of 2001, down 1% followed by LG Philips with 17% of the market, up 3%, according to a Display Search survey. Hitachi took 11% of it (down 2%), followed by AU Optronics with 10%, up 1%. IBM is ousted of the top five with only 7.5% of the market. According to the same survey, sales of portable computers went up by 9% during the same period, with 6.3mn units in total. These machines are expected to account for 20% of the computer market in 2001, and 27% in 2006 compared with 18.3% in 2000.

Electronic computers, Electronic components, not elsewhere classified, Other Electronic Component Manufacturing, Liquid Crystals, Display Devices, International Business Machines Corp., Display devices (Electronics), Hitachi Ltd., Samsung Group

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