COMMUNICATION
The information society can be illustrated partly by suppliers in terms of IT professionals and their employment, partly by the demand in terms of the use of IT such as the Internet by businesses, by the public sector, and by families.
The IT industry is comprised of companies offering products and services in
electronics, IT, software, telecommunications, and other areas, primarily based
on information technology.
The IT trade can be divided into the branches of IT industry, computer wholesaling, telecommunications, and IT consultancy, including six individual branches of trade.
The
industry employs approximately 800 full-time employees. About 75 per cent are
employed in telecommunications whereas approximately 18 per cent work in IT
consulting services.
A 2004 study of corporate use of IT showed that 69 per cent of all businesses
had Internet access. Approximately every fifth company had a website in 2004.
Three out of 10 enterprises had a broadband Internet connection (i.e. ADSL or
other wired connection).
With regard to electronic commerce, five out of ten companies placed orders via
the Internet while one in ten had received orders, cf. Overview 1.
Overview
1
Corporate Use of IT, 2002 and 2004
|
Per cent of all businesses |
2002 |
2004 |
|
IT |
70,0 |
72,0 |
|
Internet access |
67,0 |
69,0 |
|
Own website |
20,0 |
20,0 |
|
Broadband Internet connection |
32,0 |
53,0 |
|
Placed orders via the Internet |
20,0 |
20,0 |
|
Received orders via the Internet |
11,0 |
11,0 |
Source: Statistics Greenland
In 2006, 92 per cent of the population owned a mobile telephone. Five years
earlier, in 2001, had 35 percent of the population had a mobile telephone.
The distribution of mobile phones surpassed the distribution of landline phones
in 2003.
In 2006, 50 per cent of the population had access to the Internet
from their home, workplace, or educational institution. In 2001, only 13 per
cent of the population had access to the Internet, cf. Figure 2 and Table 13.
Figure 1
The Access of the Population to IT
As of 1 January 2008,
TELE Greenland Ltd introduced a new system, making it impossible to obtain data
from 2007 and data on Internet access from 2008.
Source: TELE Greenland Ltd