Monitoring the Information and Communication Economy 2009

The 12th Factual Report 2009 contains a comprehensive package of indicators and timelines regarding the information and communication market, the infrastructural conditions and the current application areas of modern information and communication technologies. The most notable areas are broadband, telecommunication services, Internet services (e.g. E-Commerce) and convergence.

The 5th ePerformance Report 2009 – ICT location Germany in the European Benchmark extends the in-depth data, information and interpretation of the Factual Report with the current and forecast status of the German ICT economy, presented in a compact format. The report creates a benchmark for Germany compared to the most densely populated European countries (Great Britain, France, Italy and Spain) and to the world.

In 2008, the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology and TNS Business Intelligence published the 4th ePerformance Report 2008 – Special Report for the Third German National IT-Summit. Every year, the German National IT Summit (Nationaler IT-Gipfel) of the German Federal Government brings together the key personalities and decision makers of the ICT industry to discuss the future of ICT-Germany.

The 4th ePerformance Report focuses on the most important factors, influencing the ICT location Germany until 2013. It also describes the German ICT industry’s potential growth fields and how its international competitiveness until 2013 can be assessed.

The reports were commissioned by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) and compiled by TNS Infratest Business Intelligence, the TNS Group'sdesk research specialist. In this differentiated reporting on the state of the German ICT economy, systematic market structures, infrastructural preconditions and the usage data of the sub-segments amounting to the overall market are analysed with regards to their international benchmark. The mentioned sub-segments cover the areas information and communication technologies, telecommunication/ mobile communication and Internet/ E-Commerce.