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eMarket
The Internet will allow business to be conducted "live" anywhere worldwide
 Emerging "Knowledge-Based Economy" where the Internet is the equalizer and the driver
 Convergence of data, voice and video over IP
 Development of wireless Internet access
 Transition to special all-purpose "appliance" offering reliable, secure, anywhere Internet service
Web surfers are younger, wealthier and more educated
 150 million US PC-based surfers today vs. 27.7 million in 1997
 77 million at home and 30.6 million at work
 54% of households with incomes over $75K had e-mail in 1998
 Internet is bi-coastal with heaviest use in CA and the Northeast
 85% of users log on daily; 60% of use is from the home
 63 million users send 750 Instant Messages per day
Reasons why people use the Internet
 Reference is the greatest use of the Web
 Convenience and absence of sales pressure
2005 Projections
 200 million US PC-based Web surfers
 111 million wireless US Web surfers
 Online advertising expected to quadruple to $16.5 billion
 Over 1 billion cell phones worldwide
 Instant Messaging will triple to more than 175 million users
 e-Business will grow to a $7 trillion industry
(Sources: 3 Com Corp. 2000; GVW's WWW User Survey, Georgia Tech Research Corp. 1999, Nielsen/Net Ratings 2000; Jupiter Communications, IBM 2000 Mobile Insights 2000)
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