Portugal has over 10 million inhabitants or 109
inhabitants per square kilometre. The level of urbanisation is
below average, comparable with Austria, Italy and Finland: 64,4%.
Portugal has over 10 million inhabitants or 109
inhabitants per square kilometre. The level of urbanisation is
below average, comparable with Austria, Italy and Finland: 64,4%.
Portugal has a GDP of 107 billion Euro or 10.700 Euro per inhabitant, which is far below average to European countries. Economically, Portugal is not powerful to invest in stimulation of IST, on a National level as well as on an individual level, apart from pro-active IST stimulating policy.
The national Portuguese ICT and Telecom industry is underdeveloped. Also the penetration of PC's at home is low, as is the ISDN infrastructure. From a commercial and infrastructural perspective, Portugal needs a long term investment programme for the uptake of the IST market.
Rates of (mobile) telephony are very high in Portugal. Penetration of PC's at home is far below average. The market needs investments and purchases of hardware before IST services can be successfully be introduced on a lager scale. Some local initiatives could be successful.
The wealth of an individual elderly person is low in Portugal. Continuous education by 54-64 year old people is low compared to other countries. Related to the low penetration of PC's this could imply low knowledge of elderly people in the current supply of IST services.
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