Statistics
FROM: JUL-AUG 2005 ISSUE
|
33 |
Percentage of executives at Canada's largest companies who deal with emergency situations on a daily basis |
12-18
months |
Average life span of a cellular phone |
|
48 |
Percentage who deal with them at least once a week |
130 million, weighing 65,000 tons |
Number of cell phones expected to be retired (no longer in use) in 2005 |
|
31 |
Percentage of regular business travelers who reply to e-mail within one hour when working at the office |
37 |
Percentage of U.S. online households that engaged in online banking in 2003, according to Comscore.com |
|
7 |
Percentage who say they respond within the same time when traveling |
55 |
Percentage of Canadian households that engaged in online banking in 2003 |
|
30 |
Percentage who don't respond to their e-mail for at least 48 hours when traveling |
$3 billion |
Cost of merchandise shrinkage or theft to Canadian retailers, according to the Retail Council of Canada |
|
1 in 3 |
Number who have suffered significant consequences as a result of not having Internet access on the road |
35 |
Percentage attributed to external theft |
|
1 billion |
Number of cell phones worldwide, according to Inform, a non-profit environmental group |
40 |
Percentage of the costs of theft attributed to internal theft |
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Compiled by John MacIntyre