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The E-Mail Continues
to Take Over the World
The number of
worldwide electronic mailboxes soared an amazing 83 percent in
1999, topping 569 million by year's end, according to a study
by Messaging Online. The 1999 Mailbox Study found that at the
present growth rate, within the next two to three years, there
may be more e-mail accounts in use than either telephone lines
or televisions.
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Webmail Report Highlights
"Hotmail has a 30.3
percent share of 280 million Webmail boxes....However, what's
noteworthy are the up-and-coming national Internet access service
providers further on down the list: Germany's T-Online, Terra
Lycos in Spain, Tin.it and Tiscali in Italy, BTinternet in the
UK, and Wanadoo in France are among the European ISPs now in
the top 25 worldwide."
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Webmail Soars in Asia
"Within the Webmail
category, the incredible growth is occurring outside of both
the U.S. and Europe. Many Americans may not be familiar with
SinaMail, but it's the number one Webmail service in China, and
number five worldwide with 11.5 million mailboxes. Universo Online's
UOLmail in Brazil is number eight with 7 million Webmail users.
At number 13 is RediffMail in ndia, and next at number 14 is
Taiwan's Kimo Mail. In addition, Hotmail and Yahoo Mail are becoming
increasingly multinational."
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