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New communication behaviours in a Web 2.0 world
Notes
1
From: http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article2988002.ece and Alcatel-Lucent
estimates
2
Internet World Stats organization, November 2007 and Alcatel-Lucent estimates
3
From IDC and EMS research reported in Data explosion to result in zettabytes by 2011
(http://it-online.co.za/content/view/240334/142/)
4
Mass collaboration was first described as ‘the wisdom of the crowd’ by James Surowiecky, the New York Times
columnist. (Surowicky J.: The Wisdom of Crowds, Why the Many are Smarter Than the Few; 320 pages, Abacus,
2005; ISBN: 0349116059
5
Musser J., O’Reilly T. and collective, Web 2.0 Principles and Best practices, O’Reilly Media Inc., 2007,
ISBN-10: 0-596-52769-1, page 10
6
From Tom O’Reilly key note, in Mathews D.: Internet Is the Platform, Web 2.0 Founder Says; PCmag.com;
Apr 24th 2008; http://www.pcmag.com/print_article2/0,1217,a per cent253D226869,00.asp
7
For example, membership of social networking services is expected to more than double between 2006 and 2008,
from 145 million to 328 million. (Source Datamonitor: The Outlook for Social Networks (Market Focus))
8
Hinchcliffe D., The state of Enterprise 2.0, Oct. 22nd 2007 at http://blogs.zdnet.com/Hinchcliffe
9
Kash W. Agencies advance use of online social networking tools, Nov 1st 2007, at www.gcn.com
10
SaaS (Software as a Service) is a software application delivery model where a software vendor develops a Web-
native software application and hosts and operates (either independently or through a third party) the application
for use by its customers over the internet.
11
Wei C.: What Does Web 2.0 Mean to Enterprises?; Aug 11th 2006;
www.coachwei.com/blog/_archives/2006/8/11/2222946.html
12
A peer-to-peer (or P2P) computer network uses diverse connectivity between participants in a network and the
cumulative bandwidth of network participants rather than conventional centralized resources where a relatively low
number of servers provide the core value to a service or application (Wikipedia).
13
For the first time ever, 16-24 year olds are now accessing the internet more frequently than they are watching TV:
82 per cent of this younger demographic use the internet between five and seven days each week, while only 77 per
cent watch as regularly (a decrease of five per cent since 2006) (from: Shifting traditions, Internet rivaling TV in
media consumption stakes, EIAA, 2007)
14
For example the Encyclopaedia Brittanica has, over a few hundred years, created about 120,000 articles. The
English version of the free online encyclopaedia Wikipedia passed the 2.3 million mark in only five years.
15
From: Broadband revenues hits $113 billion at http://www.Internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3628096;
Alcatel-Lucent estimates
16
This statistic counts revenues coming from various internet connection types, such as dial-up, as well as broadband
connection.
17
Internet World Stats organization, November 2007, Alcatel-Lucent estimates
18
The current internet population equates to approximately 18.9 per cent of the global population. Internet
penetration in the majority of developed countries has reached more than 60 per cent of the total population.
Since 2000 the amount of internet users grew by 144 per cent globally, with growth led mainly by emerging market
countries such as China, India and Brazil. Based on an average growth of 20 per cent in users per year, the internet
population will reach 3.1 billion users in 2012, representing 45 per cent of the predicted global population.
19
From: Shifting traditions, Internet rivaling TV in media consumption stakes, EIAA, 2007
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There are already many examples of internet providers developing content platforms (such as Orangeportal.co.uk, or
T-City) and trying to bundle internet access, content and some of their other services (such as digital TV, movies on
demand, legal music and others). A standard triple play model includes a phone line, internet connection and digital
TV. This is a reaction to increasing competition and price pressure from other service providers. Voice is also decreasing
as a share of service providers’ revenues – from 83 per cent in 2006 to expected 76 per cent in 2010 (Pyramid Research).
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