Romania ranks last in EU regarding the number of companies using the internet

Newsroom 14/12/2011 | 15:52

Only 79 percent of the companies in Romania used the internet at the beginning of the year, which is the lowest ratio in the European Union where the average is 95 percent, according to Eurostat.

The use of the broadband internet in Romania is also the lowest in the European space, according to Eurostat.

The Netherlands and Finland are at the opposite pole, as all the companies in these countries use the internet.

At the same time, the use of broadband internet by companies in Romania went up from 49 percent to 54 percent. On the other hand, in the European Union, the advancement was from 85 percent to 87 percent.

Worth mentioning is that the Eurostat survey was carried out last year but also includes data from a survey made at the beginning of the year among companies with more than 10 employees. The companies have activities in the manufacturing industry, electricity, gas, water supply, construction, retail, the car industry, transportation, tourism, food industry, IT, real estate and others.
Otilia Haraga