|
Global Internet Users,
2004 |
|
Region |
No. of Users in
thousands |
| Africa |
22,103.0 |
| Americas |
267,649.7 |
| Asia |
311,184.4 |
| Europe |
256,416.5 |
| Oceania |
16,583.5 |
| World |
873,937.1 |
|
Source:ITU |
|
|
Global Computer Virus
Infection, August 2005 |
|
Virus name |
No. of computers
infected |
| WORM.NETSKY.P |
98,557 |
| HTML_NETSKY.P |
95,121 |
| JAVA BYTEVER.A |
76,524 |
| ADW_BADBITOR.A |
50,568 |
| SPYW_GATOR |
41,445 |
|
|
|
Source: Trend Micro |
|
|
Global PC penetration,
2004 |
|
Region |
PC per 100
inhabitants |
| Africa |
1.76 |
| Americas |
34.04 |
| Asia |
6.37 |
| Europe |
29.24 |
| Oceania |
50.84 |
| World |
12.97 |
|
Source: ITU |
|
| Fastest growing
Segments of Global ICT Market |
|
Sector |
2003 Value (US
$billion) |
CAGR 2003-2007
(%) |
| Services |
160.5 |
11.7 |
| Consumer |
574.5 |
8.4 |
| Government |
398.1 |
8.4 |
| Transport and Communication |
196.5 |
8.3 |
| Finance & business |
404.6 |
7.8 |
|
Souce: WITSA's
Digital Planet 2004 |
|
|
Global ICT Spending
Projection |
|
Year |
US $ million |
| 2005 |
633,474.3 |
| 2006 |
693,324.5 |
| 2007 |
742,859.7 |
|
Souce: WITSA's
Digital Planet 2004 |
|
|
Global Cellular Phone
Subscribers, 2004 |
|
Region |
Penetration rate
% |
| Africa |
9.00 |
| Americas |
42.38 |
| Asia |
18.94 |
| Europe |
71.50 |
| Oceania |
62.70 |
|
Source: ITU |
|
|
World Telephone Services |
|
Region |
CAGR 2000-2004
(%) |
|
Cellular |
Fixed Lines |
| Africa |
49.1 |
7.4 |
| Americas |
19.6 |
0.7 |
| Asia |
31.1 |
12.3 |
| Europe |
18.4 |
0.6 |
| Oceania |
17.9 |
1.0 |
| World |
24.1 |
5.3 |
|
Source: ITU |
|
|
Global Computer Software
spending, 2007 |
|
Region |
Projected Value
(US$ Million) |
| North America |
353,606.2 |
| Latin America |
12691.8 |
| Western Europe |
229,699.7 |
| Eastern Europe |
7,104.6 |
| Asia-Pacific |
131,002.2 |
| Middle East |
4,827.3 |
| Africa |
3,957.9 |
|
Source: WISTA's
Digital Planet 2004 |
|
|
Global Computer Hardware
Spending, 2007 |
|
Region |
Projected Value
(US$ Million) |
| North America |
179,948.3 |
| Latin America |
14,980.0 |
| Western Europe |
131,726.9 |
| Eastern Europe |
9,162.6 |
| Asia-Pacific |
137,953.6 |
| Middle East |
3,524.8 |
| Africa |
3,254.1 |
|
Source: WISTA's
Digital Planet 2004 |
|
|
Global Shared Services
and Outsourcing (SSO) Spending Trends |
|
Year |
Offshore |
Onshore |
| 2004 |
94% |
6% |
| 2005 |
93.9% |
6.1% |
| 2006 |
93.1% |
6.9% |
| 2007 |
90.7% |
9.3% |
| Source: Frost & Sullivan 2005 |
|
|
Global Communication
Spending, 2007 |
|
Region |
Projected Value
(US$ Million) |
| North America |
649,731.3 |
| Latin America |
56,700.2 |
| Western Europe |
424,755.7 |
| Eastern Europe |
48,993.8 |
| Asia-Pacific |
498,782.0 |
| Middle East |
16,943.2 |
| Africa |
17,686.4 |
|
Source: WISTA's
Digital Planet 2004 |
|
|
Global Consumer ICT
Spending, 2007 |
|
Region |
Projected Value
(US$ Million) |
| North America |
321,300.6 |
| Latin America |
25,583.7 |
| Western Europe |
196,898.9 |
| Eastern Europe |
20,552.4 |
| Asia-Pacific |
214,986.5 |
| Middle East |
6,818.3 |
| Africa |
7,785.6 |
|
Source: WISTA's
Digital Planet 2004 |
|
|
|
Global Consumer ICT
Spending, 2007 |
|
Region |
Projected Value
(US$ Million) |
| North America |
213,547.3 |
| Latin America |
14,199.3 |
| Western Europe |
186,534.9 |
| Eastern Europe |
8,030.6 |
| Asia-Pacific |
114,696.0 |
| Middle East |
7,453.6 |
| Africa |
5,328.0 |
|
Source: WISTA's
Digital Planet 2004 |
|
|
Internet Penetration
rate-Widening Gap |
|
Year |
Developed
Countries |
Developing
Countries |
World |
| 2002 |
42.0% |
4.3% |
10.0% |
| 2003 |
45.9% |
5.4% |
11.5% |
| 2004 |
53.8% |
6.7% |
6.7% |
|
Source: ITU |
|
|
|
|
Global Digital divide
2004 |
|
Nation Groups |
Internet User per
100 inhabitants |
| Developed Nations |
53.8 |
| Developing Nations |
6.7 |
| World |
13.8 |
|
Source: ITU |
|
|
Mobile Phone Penetration
Rate |
|
Year |
Developed
Countries |
Developing
Countries |
World |
| 2002 |
64.7% |
76.8% |
69.6% |
| 2003 |
18.8% |
27.4% |
22.6% |
| 2004 |
10.8% |
18.8% |
14.2% |
|
Source: ITU |
|
|
Share of broadband lines
-Dec31, 2005 |
|
Region |
% |
| Western Europe |
26% |
| South & East Asia |
18% |
| N. America |
26% |
| Middle East & Africa |
1% |
| Latin America |
3% |
| Eastern Europe |
2% |
| Asia-Pacific |
24% |
|
Source: Point Topic
Ltd |
|
|
Top 10 Countries
reporting infections in Feb, 2006 |
|
Country |
Percentage |
| USA |
20.84 |
| Korea |
8.26 |
| India |
7.25 |
| Philippines |
5.45 |
| Japan |
5.34 |
| Mexico |
4.62 |
| Taiwan |
4.51 |
| China |
3.84 |
| Thailand |
3.19 |
| Malaysia |
2.91 |
| Source: www.fortinet.com |
|
|
Top 5 Malicious Code
Activity in Feb 2006 |
|
Malicious Threat |
Growth(%) |
| W32/Bagle.DW-mm |
8.14 |
| W32/Bagle.DY-mm |
7.52 |
| W32/Bagle.FJ-mm |
1.25 |
| W32/Bagle.DX-mm |
1.25 |
| W32/Bagle.DZ-mm |
1.12 |
|
Source:
www.fortinet.com |
|
|
Top 7 PC vendor market
Share-Q4 2005 |
|
Vendor |
Percentage |
|
Dell |
18..5 |
| HP |
17.6 |
| Acer |
15.4 |
| Lenovo |
4.8 |
| FTECH |
4.0 |
| BlueDot |
3.3 |
| Thoshiba |
3.1 |
| Others |
33.3 |
|
Source: IDC2006 |
|
|
Spam Category
Distribution 2005 |
|
Category |
Percentage |
| Health |
6.48 |
| Racial |
5.19 |
| Spiritual |
0.02 |
| Gambling |
22.05 |
| Adult |
21.47 |
|
Education |
19.35 |
|
Commercial |
17.61 |
|
Financial |
7.83 |
|
Source: Trend
Micro2006 |
|
|
World Internet Usage |
|
Region |
Population % |
|
Africa |
2.6 |
| Asia |
9.9 |
| Europe |
36.1 |
| Middle East |
9.6 |
| North America |
68.6 |
| Latin America/Caribbean |
14.4 |
| Oceania/Australia |
52.6 |
| World Total |
15.7 |
|
Source:
internetworldstats.com |
|
|
Language of Spam in 2005 |
|
Language |
Percentage |
| German |
1 |
| English |
40 |
| Japanese |
29 |
| Spanish |
13 |
| Korean |
7 |
|
Italian |
5 |
|
Russian |
3 |
|
Chinese |
2 |
|
Source: Trend Micro
2006 |
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