In the EU27, 93% of enterprises of ten or more persons employed had access to the internet in January 2008, the same as in January 2007, and 81% of enterprises had a broadband internet connection, up from 77% in January 2007. On average in the EU27, 64% of enterprises had a website in January 2008, compared with 63% in January 2007.

These data come from Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, and form part of the results of a community survey conducted at the beginning of 2008 on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in enterprises in the EU27 Member States, Iceland and Norway. Besides the indicators presented, the survey also covers e-commerce, e-government and e-business indicators.

Almost all enterprises in the Netherlands and Finland have internet access

In January 2008, the highest proportions of enterprises with internet access in the EU27 were recorded in the Netherlands and Finland (both 99%), Denmark (98%) and Belgium, Austria and Slovenia (97% each). The percentage was less than 90% in only five Member States: Romania (67%), Bulgaria (83%), Hungary (86%), Latvia (88%) and Cyprus (89%).

The proportion of enterprises with a broadband connection in January 2008 was above 90% in Spain, France and Finland (92% each) and in Belgium (91%). Only in Romania (44%), Lithuania (56%) and Poland (59%) did less than 60% of enterprises have a broadband connection.
The data show that while internet access appears to be approaching saturation in nearly all Member States, the level of broadband internet access is still increasing.

More than 80% of enterprises in Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands and Finland have a website

The share of enterprises having a website or home page in January 2008 differed significantly between Member States with Denmark (87%), Sweden (86%), the Netherlands (85%) and Finland (82%) having the highest percentages. Only in Romania (27%), Bulgaria (33%), Latvia (42%), Portugal (46%), Cyprus and Hungary (both 48%) did less than half of enterprises have a website.

Among those enterprises having a website in the EU27 in January 2008, 57% provided product catalogues or price lists, 26% had facilities for online ordering, 26% for online job advertising or job applications and 10% for online payment.