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Germany

Connectivity
score 5.52

Executive Summary

Germany finishes 8th out of 16 'innovation-driven' countries with a score of 5.52.  It is fair to say that Germany’s performance is unremarkable, and perhaps a little disappointing given that the country retains a number of large firms with a significant research and innovation capability.  It is possible that the contribution of these firms is tempered by firms that utilise less ICT—the Mittelstand of medium and small businesses that still play a larger role in Germany’s economy than they do in many comparator nations.  However, there is little current data that we have collected on ICT usage by different types of firms in Germany and Europe.

Germany Connectivity Performance by Scorecard Component

Areas of strength

Main telephone line penetration, PC penetration, and business data access lines

Business spending on hardware and software

Highest e-government rating than many other European nations on the Brown University
e-government rankings

Areas for improvement

Managed data services revenue, web-hosting revenue, and IP telephony penetration and usage

Broadband penetration is moderate

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