Monitoring the Information and
Communication Economy

Since 2000, TNS Infratest Business Intelligence, the desk research and consulting service of the TNS Group, conducts a survey on behalf of the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi).

While the main reports (Factual and Trend Report) are only available in German, they are accompanied by chart reports which contain a selection of illustrations with the most important results of the Monitoring project as well as by a management summary which summarises the key insights of the Factual and the Trend Report.

• 11. Factual Report 2008 (German) Management Summary 4. ePerformance Report 2008 (German)
  Special Report for the Third German National IT-Summit 3. ePerformance Report 2008 (German)
  IKT-Standort Deutschland im europäischen Vergleich

• 10. Factual Report 2007 (German) Management Summary (German) 2. ePerformance Report 2007 (German) 1. ePerformance Report 2007 (German)

• 9. Factual Report (German) 9. Factual Report (chart Version) Management Summary Trend Report (short version)

Special Topics

• Outsourcing and offshoring
• Improvement of ICT usage in households and enterprises
• Internet usage
• Usage of e-business applications and technologies
• Broadband technologies
• Status and development of e-government
• Internet telephony

• 8. Factual Report (chart version) Management Summary

Special Topics

• General business climate
• Employment climate
• Corporate strategies – outsourcing and offshoring – marketing
• Qualification strategies
• R&D – opportunities – areas of growth – Internet-access – mobile applications – B2G
• Market drivers – market barriers (software patents, EU enlargement, cooperation between companies)
• Political needs for action
• Information society

• 5. Trend Report (chart version)

Special Topics

• ICT-Labour markets and qualification
• Internet usage
• Employment of e-business applications and technologies
• Broadband technologies
• New cellular services
• Status and development of e-government

• 7. Factual Report (chart version) Management Summary

Special Topics

• Business climate
• Current developments in qualification and amployment
• Encouraging new business areas
• Areas of growth: IT security and e-government
• Market drivers and barriers for SME
• Political needs for action
• Information society

• 4. Trend Report (chart version)

Special Topics

• Women and the Internet
• Online banking
• Online advertising
• E-Government
• E-Learning

• 6. Factual Report (chart version) Management Summary

Special Topics

• Economic development/ ways out of the recession
• Current developments in qualification and amployment
• Business opportunities/ start-ups
• Political and other needs for action
• Priotities in e-government

• 3. Trend Report (chart version)

Special Topics

• Multimedia industry
• Women and the Internet
• Online banking
• Online advertising
• E-Government
• E-Learning

• 5. Factual Report (chart version) Management Summary

Special Topics

• Electronic information services
• Online banking
• Online advertising
• E-Government
• E-Learning

• 4. Factual Report (chart version) Management Summary

Special Topics

• Economic outlook/ crisis of the „New Economy“
• Old and New Economy
• E-Government
• Development gaps of the information society

• 2. Trend Report (chart version)

Special Topics

• Online advertising
• E-Government

• 3. Factual Report (chart version) Management Summary