UK No Longer Top Ten Tech Country
Posted: 24th Jun, 2003 By: MarkJ
The government will not be pleased to learn that, despite a boom in broadband uptake, the UK has still managed to drop out of the top ten IT (Information Technology) nations!:
Nordic countries once again dominated its annual index of top IT nations, while the US has dropped four places and the UK has disappeared from the top ten.
The 2003 IDC/World Times Information Society Index (ISI) has analysed 55 countries every year on their ability to implement and use IT to advance technological, economic and social goals. Factors considered include PC and Internet usage, e-commerce, telecommunications infrastructure, broadband and wireless subscribers, education levels, press freedom and government corruption.
Last year, the UK ranked No. 7, outstripped only by three of the Nordic countries, the US, Switzerland and the Netherlands. The country's drop in status will not be welcomed by the government, which plays up the UK's household Internet penetration, the use of e-commerce and the rapid spread of broadband as evidence that Britain is in high-tech's major leagues.
More @ ZDNet.
Nordic countries once again dominated its annual index of top IT nations, while the US has dropped four places and the UK has disappeared from the top ten.
The 2003 IDC/World Times Information Society Index (ISI) has analysed 55 countries every year on their ability to implement and use IT to advance technological, economic and social goals. Factors considered include PC and Internet usage, e-commerce, telecommunications infrastructure, broadband and wireless subscribers, education levels, press freedom and government corruption.
Last year, the UK ranked No. 7, outstripped only by three of the Nordic countries, the US, Switzerland and the Netherlands. The country's drop in status will not be welcomed by the government, which plays up the UK's household Internet penetration, the use of e-commerce and the rapid spread of broadband as evidence that Britain is in high-tech's major leagues.
More @ ZDNet.
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