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To: Marty Lee who wrote (4651)	11/23/1998 2:09:00 PM
From: Emmo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 11417

INTNET: Non-U.S. # of USERS to pass U.S. in 2000 NOVEMBER 20, 1998 Information Week 11/16/98 p. 2SS-4SS "A Web site automatically opens a company to a global marketplace, but that doesn't mean it's easy to conduct business internationally. Cultural, business, and infrastructural differences among nations complicate marketing, sales, and the development of business-to-business relationships. In addition to the usual technical problems associated with E-commerce, companies also must wrestle with issues such as logistics, regulations, currency conversion, and languages. Still, the Internet's potential to increase sales globally is undeniable. Although the United States and Canada account for more than two-thirds of all Internet users, increasing use of the Web in other countries will soon lead to a global online audience larger than North America's. In fact, the market research firm eMarketer projects the non-U.S. share of worldwide E-commerce revenue will increase to 23% by 2002 from 11% in 1998... For companies willing to fit the pieces required to build a global E-commerce infrastructure, a huge market is only a click away." (Line-chart shows Global Internet Users, U.S. vs Non-U.S., 1996-2002). Bar-chart shows Internet User Growth Rate, 1997-2002, U.S. vs Non-U.S. vs Worldwide).