United States Takes Top Spot On The 2009 Connectivity Scorecard

The United States leads more categories than any other nation on the 2009 Connectivity Scorecard.  PC penetration of businesses is excellent, and the country is first overall in terms of secure server deployment.  A large proportion of companies buy and sell online, business spending on IT is high, and enterprise telephony also enjoys good penetration.  The percentage of revenues generated by IP and Ethernet is the one business area where the U.S. actually falls behind other nations in the sample.

Consumer infrastructure does not score as highly for the United States as their other metrics do.  Both broadband and 3G penetration are average.  Fibre is being deployed on a much wider basis than in most other countries in the survey, but is still significantly behind the leaders in this area.  Mobile usage is extremely high and SMS usage has also begun to grow at a rapid rate.  Online government services are rated as very good.

U.S. Connectivity Performance by Scorecard Component