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To: Bandit19 who wrote (57968)	8/12/1998 9:58:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176388

Internet growth in Europe-Projected to grow 60% in 98 to 21.2 million. Steven, Thanks for that bit of good news,now here is additional confirmation from Dataquest. We all know what this means right???? ======================================================= GartnerGroup's Dataquest Forecasts 69 Million Internet Seats in Europe by 2002 Dataquest Releases Two Reports that Examine Internet Growth in Europe Egham,United Kingdom. August 11, 1998-As more businesses and homes in Europe become equipped with Internet access, the European Internet market will grow from 13.3 million computers connected to the Internet in 1997, to 69 million computers connected to the Internet in 2002, according to Dataquest, a unit of Gartner Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: GART). The market is projected to grow 60 percent in 1998, with 21.2 million Internet seats. The consumer segment led the market, with more than 7 million computers connected to the Internet in 1997, while the business sector had 6.2 million computers connected to the Internet. This trend will change by the year 2000 when the business market is estimated to have 22.8 million Internet seats, and the consumer market is forecast to reach 21.8 million Internet seats. "As telecommunication deregulation begins to show its impact in Europe, prices for higher speed access such as leased lines will decrease , and some medium-sized companies that today can't afford leased line access will switch over," said Petra Gartzen, senior industry analyst for Dataquest's Internet and Enterprise Strategies Europe program. "Once a company has leased line access, a much larger number of employees can be given Internet access." Germany led all countries in the region with 4.7 million Internet seats in 1997. The United Kingdom and France were No. 2 and No. 3 in the region with 2 million and 1 million Internet seats. These three countries will continue to account for more than 50 percent of Internet seats in Europe through 2002. France is projected to post the strongest growth among the top three countries, as it will reach more than 10.1 million Internet seats by 2002. "France was slow to start in Internet adoption because France Telecom was slow to enter the Internet market and because Minitel, France Telecom's proprietary online service, was so popular," said Ms. Gartzen. "France Telecom is now a driving force in the French Internet market, and recent growth figures show a big increase in interest in the Internet in both the business and consumer sectors."