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Study: Internet use in Asia matches the West
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SINGAPORE (IDG) -- Internet usage in Singapore and Korea is reaching the levels of the most developed Western nations, according to a study of five Asian Internet markets released Monday by French research company NetValue.
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Singapore has the highest number of Internet users in Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), with 46 percent of people over age 15 going online in the past month.
Korea revealed it could be the next Internet hot spot of Asia with 42 percent of those surveyed connecting to the Internet in the past month, according to NetValue.
That compares to Taiwan with 36.4 percent, Hong Kong with 29.2 percent, and China with 23 percent in Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai, NetValue said in its study of surfing habits in Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, China and Taiwan.
In terms of the ratio of households attached to the Internet, Asia scored even higher, according to NetValue.
About 53 percent of Singapore's households are connected to the Web, a higher figure than the U.S. (50 percent), according to NetValue. Taiwan follows with 40 percent, Hong Kong with 36 percent, South Korea with 31 percent (equal to the U.K.) and China's urban centers at 21 percent.
By contrast, only 17 percent of French households are attached to the Web, according to NetValue.
Home remained the most popular surfing venue, with 91 percent of Hong Kong users accessing the Web from home, compared to 41 percent at work and just 6 percent at Internet cafes. This pattern was broadly followed in the other countries in the survey except in South Korea, where Internet cafes are extremely popular. In South Korea, 43 percent of Internet users said they had used a cybercafe to access the Web in the last month.
In all countries, the heaviest users of the Internet tended to be males under the age of 35 who have been connected to the Internet for more than two years, according to the study.
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