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Cyber-Europe's Takeoff

USERS
Online subscribers are expected to grow from 7% of Europe's population this year to 13% in 2001. That growth could quicken if telephone deregulation takes hold.

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
Online business, wholesale and retail, is expected to leap from $1.2 billion to $64.4 billion over the next three years.

PROVIDERS
Bertelsmann/AOL has invested $350 million to take on giants such as Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom.


DATA: FORRESTER RESEARCH/BUSINESS WEEK


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