Another French paradox. The country is both the first in Europe in terms of fiber infrastructure and lags behind in the digitization of small and medium-sized businesses. France is 24 years olde 28 for online marketing and 21e for the cloud, according to the European Commission.
There are many barriers to digitalization of operations, and one of them is the issue of fiber connectivity. 55% of SMEs are connected to fiber, a jump of 20 points in two years, according to the latest Covage-InfraNum barometer by Ifop. Here’s the glass half full. But for the empty half, this figure hides a big difference between companies depending on their size and geographic location. In summary, three-quarters of Ile-de-France businesses with more than 250 employees have fiber, compared to barely a third of those with fewer than five employees in rural areas.
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Source: Le Figaro
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