IBM - Top Five Wired Nations
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SWEDEN
Population (millions): 9.04
Households (millions): 4.04
Country Area: 449,965 sq km
GDP ($million): 310,201
IT Spending ($million): 10,918
Capital City: Stockholm
Internet Users: 6,656,716 (as of Feb 05; 73.6 per cent penetration); 693,000 broadband subscribers (as of Dec 02)
Another Scandinavian nation, Sweden has one of the world's highest life expectancies and one of the lowest birth rates. This year, the EIU named this Nordic nation of nearly nine million people as best-in-class in key areas of connectivity, such as mobile penetration and Internet use, and a standard setter in e-government implementation. In the EIU's annual survey of the e-business environment in 65 countries, Sweden was outperformed only by Denmark and the US. A world-class technological hub, Sweden ranked second in the Information Society Index by IDC in 2004. Sweden has the world's highest penetration of Internet access, the highest usage of mobile phones, and a very high level of Internet and computer skills among business managers. For instance, Sweden has the highest business penetration rate for both Microsoft Windows and Apple OS.
Population (millions): 9.04
Households (millions): 4.04
Country Area: 449,965 sq km
GDP ($million): 310,201
IT Spending ($million): 10,918
Capital City: Stockholm
Internet Users: 6,656,716 (as of Feb 05; 73.6 per cent penetration); 693,000 broadband subscribers (as of Dec 02)
Another Scandinavian nation, Sweden has one of the world's highest life expectancies and one of the lowest birth rates. This year, the EIU named this Nordic nation of nearly nine million people as best-in-class in key areas of connectivity, such as mobile penetration and Internet use, and a standard setter in e-government implementation. In the EIU's annual survey of the e-business environment in 65 countries, Sweden was outperformed only by Denmark and the US. A world-class technological hub, Sweden ranked second in the Information Society Index by IDC in 2004. Sweden has the world's highest penetration of Internet access, the highest usage of mobile phones, and a very high level of Internet and computer skills among business managers. For instance, Sweden has the highest business penetration rate for both Microsoft Windows and Apple OS.
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