ADVISORY/Poll Indicates Increase in European Internet Use.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 12, 1998-- TOPIC: A recent telephone survey of consumers in the UK, Germany and France reveals that Europe's interest in the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the is growing. The poll, commissioned by Dell, Ziff-Davis and Yahoo, notes that as many as seven million Europeans will begin to use the Internet over the next six months, and that users will spend more money through electronic commerce. The results of the survey are expected to be released on Friday. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Dr. Harry Hoyle is senior vice president of research at INTECO INTECO Instituto de Normas Técnicas de Costa Rica Corporation, and can provide analysis and forecasts for Internet development and electronic commerce. Alan M. Meckler is chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Mecklermedia, and is one of the country's leading authorities on Internet trends Internet Trends (India) Private Limited is a privately held company developing products targeted at Network Security and Data Security. Established in 1999[1] . Kim Padgett is director of corporate communications Corporate communications is the process of facilitating information and knowledge exchanges with internal and key external groups and individuals that have a direct relationship with an enterprise. at Net Explorer, Inc. and is an expert in electronic commerce and the Internet. Susan Hines is director of syndicated research at Greenfield Greenfield, town (1990 pop. 18,666), seat of Franklin co., NW Mass., at the confluence of the Deerfield and Green rivers, near their junction with the Connecticut; settled 1686, set off from Deerfield and inc. 1753. Online, and can talk about Internet demographics The attributes of people in a particular geographic area. Used for marketing purposes, population, ethnic origins, religion, spoken language, income and age range are examples of demographic data. , online shopping, and electronic commerce. -0- ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. Journalists seeking to interview any of these experts can obtain contact information by visiting the ExpertSource website: http://www.businesswire.com/expertsource. ExpertSource, a collaboration of Business Wire and The Round Table Group, provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at the above web address. Business Wire's Virtual Press Club provides working journalists many free media services. Please visit the BW Media Resource Center at (www.businesswire.com) for more information. |
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