United Kingdom

1. Economic data

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1.1 General socio-economic data

		Reference years
Total area (km2)	244 000(1)	1999
Population	58 952 000(1) 59 089 600(1) 59 247 000(1)	1997 1998 1999
Gross national Product (GNP) (EURO billion)	1 269.7(2)	1999
Growth National Product (GNP) per capita (EURO)	21 498.4(2)	1999

Source : 
(1) INED (French National Institute of Statistical Studies). www.ined.fr
(2)"Bilan Economique et Social du Monde 1999’"
Conversion rate used : 1$= 1.0046 Euro (average exchange rate for 1999)

1.2 Telecom market size (Millions Euro)

Millions Euro	April 97/ March 98	April 98 / March 99	April 99 / March 00
Total Telecommunications market	36 115	40 971	47 800

Source : Oftel  www.oftel.gov.uk

2. Actors and competition

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2.1 Fixed operators

Number of operators having a license at the end of 1999

184

Source : DRS Group quoted in " Autorité de Régulation des Télécommunications - annual report 1999 ".

Some fixed operators

Bristish Telecom Cable & Wireles Telewest Communications NTL Eurobell Atlantic Telecommunications Cable London plc Convergence Group Cable & Telecom UK IoW cable & Telephone Co

Source : Sema Group

2.2 Mobile operators

Number of subscribers	Type of network	End 1997	End 1998	End 1999	% of the market (end 1999)
BT Cellnet	Tacs-900	930 000	413 000	202 000	0,84
BT Cellnet	GSM	2 060 000	3 631 000	6 745 000	28,17
Vodafone AirTouch	Tacs-900	835 000	950 000	539 000	2,25
Vodafone AirTouch	GSM	2 305 000	3 924 000	7 401 000	30,91
One-2-One	DCS-1800	1 014 000	1 921 000	4 157 000	17,36
Orange	DCS-1800	1 200 000	2 162 000	4 900 000	20,47

Source : Mobile Telecommunications n°255 &278

2.3 Internet Service Providers

Estimation of the Number of Internet Service Providers	Last reference date
300	1999

Source : Reg TP Annual Report

Main Internet Services Providers
Company	Web sites	Market Share
Freeserve :	www.freeserve.net	31%
BT ClickFree :	www.bt.com	14%
AOL :	www.aol.com	9%
Virgin Net :	www.virgin.net	7%
BT Internet :	www.btinternet.com	7%
Compuserve :	www.compuserve.com	7%
TescoNet :	www.tesco.net	5%
Demon :	www.demon.net	5%
MSN :	www.msn.com	4%

Source : UK Internet UserMonitor

2.4 Portals

Main portals

Yahoo : www.yahoo.com MSN : www.msn.com AOL : www.aol.com Microsoft : www.microsoft.com/uk Freeserve : www.freeserve.net Lycos : www.lycos.co.uk Excite : www.excite.co.uk Real : www.real.com BBC : www.bbc.co.uk Demon : www.demon.net

Source : www.netvalue.com

3. Basic Indicators

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3.1 Internet

3.1.1 General data

	End 1998	End 1999
Number of internet users	12 700 000(1)	13 900 000(1)
Number of Internet domestic users	9 454 336(2)	10 664 460(2)
Number of Internet users per 100 inh	21(3)	23 (3)
Estimation of Internet penetration rate in companies	48.5%(4)	62%(4)

Source : 
(1) www.nua.ie
(2)Danish IT pictures, Ministry of research and information technology 1999
(3) Sema Group calculation
(4)Spectrum/Information Society Initiative

3.1.2 E-Commerce

	End 1998	End 1999
E-commerce market (EURO Million)	1412 (1)	4581 (1)
E-commerce spending per 100 inh (Euros)	2390 (2)	7732 (2)

 

	End 1998	End 1999
Number of e-commerce users	1 000 000(3)	3 197 000(3)
Number of e-commerce users per 100 inh		5 (2)
Niumber of e-commerce Users/Total Number of Internet Users		23 (2)

Source :
IAB/PWC
Sema Group calculation
Verdict Research

3.1.3 Web sites

Number of adresses under .uk domain	Last reference date
478844	13/07/2000

Source : AFNIC (Association Française du Nommage Internet en Coppération)

3.1.4 Internet hosts

Number of Internet hosts	Last reference date
1 739 051	01/2000

Source : www.journaldunet.fr 

3.2 Telephones lines

	End 1997	End 1998	End 1999
Total number of conventional lines	31 327 300(1)	30 975 000(1)	30 948 800(1)
Total number of ISDN channels	1 341 000 (1)	1 854 000 (1)	2 801 200 (1)
Total number of mobile phone subscriptions	8 344 000(2)	13 001 000(2)	23 944 000(2)
Total number of lines	41 012 300	45 830 000	57 694 000

Source: 
( 1) National Regulator : Oftel
(2) Mobile Communication n°255 & 278

	End 1997	End 1998	End 1999
Total number of conventional lines per 100 inh.	53	52	52
Total number of ISDN channels per 100 inh.	2	3	5
Total number of mobile phone subscriptions per 100 inh.	14.2	22	40.4
Total number of lines per 100 inh.	70	78	97

Source : Sema Group calculation

	End 1997	End 1998	End 1999
% of conventional lines / total number of lines	76	68	54
% of ISDN channels / Total number of lines	3	4	5
% of mobiles phone subscriptions / Total number of lines	20	28	42

Source : Sema Group calculation

3.3 Public pay phones

	End 1997	End 1998	End 1999
Installed base	145 611	141 815	141 007
Penetration rate (units per 1000 inh.)	2.47	2.4	2.38

Source : 6^th IBPT Annual report

3.4 Personal computers

	End 1997	End 1998	End 1999
Total number of Home PCs	5 300 000(1)	5 900 000(1)	6 500 000(2)*
Total number of Business PCs	21 400 000(1)	21 900 000(1)	22 500 000(2)*
Total number of PCs	26 700 000	27 800 000	29 000 000

Source : 
(1) DTI/Spectrum
(2) MTI barometer

	End 1997	End 1998	End 1999
Total number of Home PCs per 100 inh.	9	10	11
Total number of Business PCs per 100 inh.	36.3	37.1	38
Total number of PCs per 100 inh.	45.3	47.1	49

Source : Sema Group calculation

3.5 Television

Television	Total number	Number per 100 inh.	Last reference date
Number of TV sets	26 000 000(1)	43.9	End 1999
Number of Home Cable TV Subscribers	3 038 477(2)	5.1	10/99
Number of Home equipped with Satellite	12 300 000(3)	20.8	End 1999

Source :
 (1) La Tribune : www.latribune.fr
(2) www.inside-cable.co.uk
(3) Jupiter Communication

	Total number	Last reference date
Number of Households	24 002 624(1)	10/99
Number of homes passed by cable	13 429 391(1)	10/99
Number of Homes passed by cable / Number of Households	55.9%	10/99

Source : (1) www.inside-cable.co.uk

3.6 Voice traffic

Outgoing traffic	1997/98	1998/99	1999/00
National long distance traffic (Mmin)	43 576	46 965
International traffic (Mmin)	5 461	5 821	6 066

Source : www.oftel.gov.uk

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