85 percent of Swiss private households have an Internet connection
At least 85 percent of private households in Switzerland now have an Internet connection, according to an updated report from the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) for the year 2010.
The results confirm Switzerland's position among the top European countries in terms of both the Internet connection rate of private households and the rate of broadband connections, as can be seen from the FSO website according to SDA. With a household connection rate of now 85%, Switzerland is now ahead of Germany (82%), the UK (80%), France (74%) and especially Italy, which is clearly lagging behind with a household connection rate of 59% (EU-27 average: 70%). South Korea is the clear leader of all countries with a connection rate of 96%.
Average for mobile telephony in OECD countries
The last BFU survey published at the beginning of February showed that 77% of Swiss private households had an internet connection as at 2010. This figure was determined as part of the new census system. The new figures correspond to a refined evaluation.
With 124 cell phone subscribers per 100 inhabitants in 2010, Switzerland is in line with the average for OECD countries. While growth in the number of users in Switzerland was still strong at the end of the 1990s, this trend has weakened again since 2001. Very weak in 2004, growth picked up again in 2007 and 2008. Since 2009, there have been signs of a decline in growth again. At the end of 2009, Switzerland also had 44.9 landlines per 100 inhabitants, which corresponds to a decline of 9% since 2005.
