A total of 92 percent of businesses used some form of fixed-line broadband Internet connection, while 85 percent used a mobile broadband connection.
However, online sales accounted for only 12 percent of total sales of goods and services.
A third of companies, or 31 percent, used cloud services. This relatively new technology was used by small, medium and large businesses alike, predominantly in the information and communication technology sector (50 percent), business activities (50 percent) and service activities (37 percent).
The increasing availability of broadband Internet access drives up the speed of data transfer and as a result 72 percent of companies reported data transfer speeds of 10 Mpbs and higher, an increase of 9 percent.