According to Eurostat data released recently, 89% of the Cypriot enterprises had internet access in January 2008. In the EU27, 93% of enterprises1 of ten or more persons employed had access to the internet for the same period.

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%).

Broadband connection

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.

Websites

Same figures show that 48% of Cyprus’s enterprises have their own website. The EU27 average stands at 64%. 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.