Because every American
should have access
to broadband Internet.

The Internet Innovation Alliance is a broad-based coalition of business and non-profit organizations that aim to ensure every American, regardless of race, income or geography, has access to the critical tool that is broadband Internet. The IIA seeks to promote public policies that support equal opportunity for universal broadband availability and adoption so that everyone, everywhere can seize the benefits of the Internet - from education to health care, employment to community building, civic engagement and beyond.

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Here you'll find convenient research items culled from the best broadband data sources. If you need to find bite-sized talking points on a tight deadline, you're in the right place. We've already done the hard part for you!

Facts tagged with Sales

Nearly 32% of businesses earn revenue from online sales. This translates into more than 2.4 million U.S. businesses.

Research Area: Economy

Tags: broadband adoption, economy, business, ecommerce, small business, sales, online sales

Connected Nation Report Details Broadband’s Impact on Economy

U.S. businesses generate $411.4 billion in online sales to consumers or other businesses

– yet an estimated 1.8 million businesses remain unconnected to broadband.

Research Area: Digital Divide

Tags: broadband adoption, digital divide, economy, business, consumers, small business, sales

Connected Nation Report Details Broadband’s Impact on Economy

iPhone Sales Outpace the Human Population

iPhone Sales Outpace the Human Population. Number of iPhones sold: 378,000.  Number of babies born: 371,000.

Research Area: Broadband TrafficThen and Now

Tags: broadband, iphone, internet, data, traffic, smartphone, consumption, sales, population, phones

Spector, Dina. “Everything That Happens In One Day On The Internet.” Business Insider. March 5, 2012.

Ethernet equipment sales globally will grow from US$14.2 billion in 2007 to $29.5 billion in 2011, a 20% annual growth.

Research Area: Other

Tags: other, worldwide broadband, sales, ethernet

“Technology trends: Carrier Ethernet: E economies,” Total Telecom Magazine. February 3, 2009.

Sales force automation generated cost savings of at least $607 million in 2005, and is expected to increase to almost $2.4 billion in 2016.

Companies like Adidas and TaylorMade have more rapidly embraced sales force automation applications than we initially expected, and we believe their actions are typical across enterprises using sales forces.

Research Area: Economy

Tags: economy, sales, automation

Etner, Roger. The Increasingly Important Impact of Wireless Broadband Technology and Services on the U.S. Economy: A Follow up to the 2005 Ovum Report on the Impact of US Wireless Telecom Industry on the US Economy. (Massachusetts: Ovum). 2008. – 27 pages

In 2004, 93.3% of the value of shipments and sales from manufacturing and merchant wholesalers was conducted using B2B e-commerce… According to one study, high-speed services can aid businesses in saving $233 billion over six years. (p. 10)

Research Area: Environment

Tags: environment, ecommerce, sales, manufacturing, merchant wholesalers, shipments, b2b

Fuhr, Joseph P. Jr. Broadband Services: Economic and Environmental Benefits. American Consumer Institute. October 2007.

Between 1990 and 1998, Dell moved many of its operations to the Internet. Its sales increased 36 fold while its physical assets only quadrupled. (p. 10)

Research Area: Environment

Tags: environment, sales, physical assets, dell, online operations

Fuhr, Joseph P. Jr. Broadband Services: Economic and Environmental Benefits. American Consumer Institute. October 2007.
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