The European Information Technology Observatory (EITO) reports that revenues from private Internet access connections grew by around 10.2% (£26.6bn) in 2008, which compares with 11.4% in 2007. The research also predicts that there will be 114m broadband Internet connections in Western Europe by the end of this year:


By far the largest single market in Europe is Germany, with estimated revenues of 8.4bn Euros for the year 2008. This represents a plus of 8.5% compared to last year and a market share of 25% in the EU.


France is recording the strongest growth among the EU countries with the largest populations, with an increase in revenues of 22.5%, to 4.6bn Euros. Great Britain, also with 4.6bn Euros, is achieving growth of 7.2%. France and Great Britain each have a market share in the EU of 13.6%.