A survey on ICT Usage and e-Commerce among Enterprises employing a minimum of 10 persons in 2015, has revealed that 97.8 per cent used computers, while 96.9 per cent also used the internet, the National Statistics Office said today.

Results showed high levels of computer use throughout all enterprise size classes and economic activities. Computer and internet usage rates remained almost unchanged when compared with 2014 albeit for enterprises employing more than 249 persons. In this case 100% usage levels were achieved during the year under review.

Results show that enterprises are opting for higher maximum contracted download speeds when choosing their internet services: Indications show an increase of 9.5 percentage points in the strata of ‘at least 30 but less that 100 Mbit/s’ bandwidth.

In 2015, 81.2 per cent of enterprises had mobile access to the internet, increasing by 1.1 percentage points over 2014. Enterprises provided a mobile connection to the internet to 36.1 per cent of their workforce.

Thus a total of 13,144 employees were capable of connecting remotely to the internet using a connection provided by their employer. This translates into an average of 12 employees per enterprise.

The 2015 survey also showed that 73.5 per cent of surveyed enterprises using the internet also made use of social networks, while 1,149 or 85.7 per cent of enterprises using internet had their own website. The 2015 survey registered a decrease of 1.4 percentage points in enterprises selling online.

In 2015, 37.5 per cent more enterprises were making use of cloud computing services when compared to the previous year. This survey also provided evidence of an increase in enterprises employing ICT specialists (1.1 percentage points) and an increase in enterprises providing ICT related training to their employees.

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