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DATA MINE Dec. 27, 1999 Europe's Big Net Phone Future On the Continent, where wireless phones reign, Internet access via cell phones will take off quickly over the next five years. According to Forrester Research, a third of all Europeans will link to the Net via wireless phones by 2004. This could be a harbinger of what's to come in the U.S., which has largely trailed Europe in wireless phone use. Internet access via wireless phone in Europe (in thousands)   1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Population (of Europe) 386,773 387,515 388,216 388,921 389,628 390,339 Mobile subscribers 130,188 159,880 186,931 209,927 229,887 247,501 Net-enabled phone owners 61 7,051 39,839 107,115 173,737 219,370 Regular mobile Net users* 48 5,978 30,158 53,703 78,182 131,622 Internet phone penetration in Europe (%) Net-enabled phone penetration 0% 2% 10% 28% 45% 56% Mobile Net usage penetration 0% 2% 8% 14% 20% 34% *Those who access a mobile Internet site at least once a month. DATA: Forrester Research _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP					MORE NUGGETS The Mother Lode Collected nuggets from Data Mine