INFORMATION SYSTEM
Information Systems
Studies on the space applications as main support for the global information society.
Focus on the regional development, in particular relating Central, Eastern
and South-Eastern Europe.
Key indicators for the World Telecommunications
|
US$ billions
|
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
2000 |
2002 |
|
Telecom market revenue |
|
Services |
396 |
419 |
461 |
491 |
530 |
615 |
673 |
702 |
744 |
840 |
925 |
|
Equipment |
112 |
119 |
132 |
138 |
161 |
182 |
213 |
237 |
260 |
320 |
375 |
|
Total |
508 |
539 |
593 |
630 |
691 |
797 |
885 |
939 |
1'004 |
1'160 |
1'300 |
|
Other statistics |
|
Main telephone lines (millions) |
520 |
546 |
574 |
606 |
645 |
690 |
738 |
788 |
838 |
950 |
1'050 |
|
Mobile cellular subscribers (millions) |
11 |
16 |
23 |
34 |
55 |
90 |
142 |
215 |
318 |
500 |
750 |
|
International telephone traffic minutes (billions)5 |
33 |
38 |
43 |
48 |
56 |
62 |
71 |
80 |
90 |
110 |
130 |
|
Personal computers (millions) |
120 |
130 |
150 |
170 |
190 |
220 |
260 |
310 |
370 |
500 |
670 |
|
Internet users (millions) |
2.6 |
4.4 |
6.9 |
9.3 |
16 |
33 |
56 |
91 |
141 |
300 |
450 |
Internet statistics - Eastern Europe
|
Country |
Hosts RIPE |
People/Host
RIPE |
Hosts ISC |
People/Host
ISC |
|
Bosnia and Herzegowina |
2343 |
1667 |
538 |
7259 |
|
Bulgaria |
17393 |
531 |
10799 |
855 |
|
Croatia (Hrvatska) |
17419 |
328 |
11657 |
490 |
|
Czech Republic |
133033 |
95 |
93943 |
134 |
|
Greece |
77362 |
154 |
64725 |
184 |
|
Hungary |
130434 |
91 |
96499 |
123 |
|
Macedonia, FYRO |
1626 |
1407 |
892 |
2564 |
|
Poland |
229392 |
231 |
171657 |
308 |
|
Romania |
37245 |
707 |
21667 |
1215 |
|
Russian Federation |
252233 |
746 |
179941 |
1045 |
|
Slovakia |
35395 |
203 |
21667 |
331 |
|
Slovenia |
25574 |
89 |
20141 |
113 |
|
Turkey |
99738 |
758 |
52479 |
1440 |
|
Ukraine |
43877 |
1896 |
27807 |
2991 |
|
Yugoslavia |
12018 |
1028 |
8299 |
1488 |
- "Hosts counted(RIPE August)"
- "Average People/Host(RIPE August)"/Country population
- "Hosts Counted(Internet Software Consortium July)"
- "Average People/Host(Internet Software Consortium July)"/Country
population
Internet statistics - Europe
|
COUNTRY |
DATE |
NUMBER |
% TOT POP. |
COUNTRY |
DATE |
NUMBER |
% TOT POP. |
|
Austria |
August 1998 |
442,000 |
5.5 |
Iceland |
December 1998 |
121,074 |
45 |
|
Belgium |
February 1999 |
1.4 million |
16 |
Ireland |
June 1999 |
380,000 |
13.5 |
|
Czech Republic |
January 1998 |
270,000 |
2.56 |
Italy |
June 1999 |
5 million |
7.96 |
|
Denmark |
May 1999 |
1.7 million |
34 |
The Netherlands |
March 1999 |
2.3 million |
13.7 |
|
Estonia |
October 1998 |
152,000 |
10 |
Norway |
May 1999 |
1.6 million |
36.3 |
|
Finland |
May 1999 |
1.6 million |
32 |
Poland |
November 1997 |
700,000 |
1.81 |
|
France |
July 1999 |
6.2 million |
12.9 |
Portugal |
January 1998 |
188,000 |
1.9 |
|
Germany |
March 1999 |
8.4 million |
10 |
Romania |
Sep-98 |
230,000 |
1.1 |
|
Greece |
January 1998 |
111,000 |
1 |
Russia |
December 1998 |
1.2 million |
0.8 |
|
Hungary |
March 1999 |
500,000 |
5 |
Slovak Republic |
September 1998 |
510,000 |
9.5 |
INTELSAT in Eastern Europe
|
Country Signatory |
Investing Entity |
Investment Share (%) |
Earth station |
|
Bulgaria |
Bulgarian Telecommunications Company Ltd. |
0.050000 |
- |
|
Czech Republic |
CESKÉ RADIOKOMUNIKACE A.S. |
0.103211 |
- |
|
Greece |
Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A. (OTE) |
0.312210 |
Nemea |
|
Hungary |
Hungarian Satellite Communications Association
(HUNSAT) |
0.100348 |
Balaton |
|
Poland |
The Polish Telecommunication Company |
0.259876 |
Psary |
|
Romania |
Societatea Nationala de Radiocomunicatii S.A. |
0.136470 |
Cheia |
|
Slovakia |
- |
- |
- |
|
Turkey |
Türk Telekomünikasyon A.S. |
1.643406 |
Pirynclik |
EUTELSAT in Eastern Europe
|
Countries |
Signatoires |
End 1998 |
End 1997 |
|
Bulgaria |
Bulgarian Telecommunications Company Ltd. |
0.050000 |
0.050000 |
|
Croatia |
Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and
Communications |
0.412703 |
0.558135 |
|
Czech Republic |
Ceské Radiokomunikace a.s. |
0.192403 |
0.266795 |
|
Greece |
Hellenic Telecom |
1.124857 |
1.357421 |
|
Hungary |
HUNSAT |
2.360863 |
2.069283 |
|
Poland |
Telekomunikacja Polska S.A. |
4.341591 |
3.189127 |
|
Portugal |
Companhia Portuguesa Radio Marconi S.A. |
1.169146 |
1.699144 |
|
Romania |
Societatea Nationala de Radiocomunicatii SA |
0.226938 |
0.211177 |
|
Slovakia |
Slovak Telecom |
0.956795 |
1.154066 |
|
Slovenia |
Ministry of Transport and Communications |
1.734397 |
0.050000 |
|
Turkey |
Turk Telekommunikasyon AS |
0.469578 |
0.697789 |
Related Background Papers for UNISPACE III Conference:
Information systems for research and applications (A/CONF.184/BP/8, .pdf
file, 57 kb)
Space communications and applications (A/CONF.184/BP/5, .pdf
file, 118 kb)
Earth and its environment in space (A/CONF.184/BP/1, .pdf file,
104 kb)