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To: George Coyne who wrote (38883)	3/12/1998 11:09:00 AM
From: FUZFO	Respond to of 61433

excerpt from IDC research idcresearch.com Internet Commerce Revenues in Western Europe to Reach $30 Billion by 2001 Total Internet commerce revenues in Western Europe will grow from $1 billion in 1997 to $30 billion in 2001. This report, based on IDC's Internet Commerce Market Model, reveals the average transaction size per buyer per year will grow dramatically, especially for the business-to-business segment, driving total Internet commerce revenues to astonishing levels. IDC projects the number of devices accessing the Web in Western Europe will grow from 14.2 million in 1997 to almost 58 million by the end of 2001. The number of users associated with those devices will grow from 16.6 million in 1997 to 56 million by yearend 2001. (this should require lots of equipment from networkers. Fuzfo)