My thanks to Isabelle Hurley at the FCO and her colleagues at UKTI and Cap Digital for the opportunity to share my thoughts on the Digital State of the Nation with our French neighbours this morning at CNAM at the Futur en Seine Digital Business Festival. Thanks also to OFCOM and UKOM / Comscore for their insights and of course Mr Shakespeare. Vive la collaboration et cooperation!

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DIGITAL BRITONS
Rob Denton @ CNAM
Futur en Seine, Paris
Published June 2015

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I come to bury analogue not to praise it. The noble
Tim Berners Lee hath told Digital was ambitious; if
it were so, it was not so grievous a fault, though
perhaps grievously it hath been answered…
Inspired by William Shakespeare,
Julius Caesar

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UN ICT Development Index - 2013
"Digital Britain is no longer a
marginal issue. It lies at the
heart of unlocking economic
potential and radically reshaping
how we deliver public services.
Get this right and people will no
longer accept being passive
consumers of services, but will
become a part of the solution.
The challenge for policymakers is
to harness this new power in a
positive way. It’s time for Britons
to get digital“
Rank Country Score
1 Denmark 8.86
2 South Korea 8.85
3 Sweden 8.67
4 Iceland 8.64
5
United
Kingdom
8.50
6 Norway 8.39
7 Netherlands 8.38
8 Finland 8.31
9 Hong Kong, China 8.28
10 Luxembourg 8.26
11 Japan 8.22
12 Australia 8.18
13 Switzerland 8.11
14 United States 8.02
15 Monaco 7.93
16 Singapore 7.90
17 Germany 7.90
18 France 7.87
19 New Zealand 7.82
20 Andorra 7.73
BIS Statement - 2009

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OFCOM Customer Experience Report 2014
published Jan 2015
Household ownership of communications services remains broadly unchanged, but ownership of devices such as
tablets and smartphones continues to rise.
Two-fifths (40%) of internet users say their laptop is their most important device for connecting to the
internet, it has lost ground to newer devices.
In Q1 2014, 15% of all internet users said a tablet was their most important device for connecting to
the internet (up from 8% in 2013), rising to 35% among tablet owners.
More homes are getting superfast broadband, with over a quarter of all broadband connections now superfast
Fifty-eight per cent of consumers said they used their mobile phone to access the internet (up from 53% in 2013).
Most households continue to have digital TV (96%) but there has been a significant increase in the proportion of
homes without. Since 2013 the proportion of households with digital TV has fallen from 98% to 96%.
Younger consumers (aged 25-34) send more parcels each month than average.

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OFCOM Customer Experience Report 2014
published Jan 2015

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UK Digital Market Overview
COMSCORE April 2015

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UK Digital Market Overview
COMSCORE April 2015

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OFCOM DIGITAL DAY STATS:
Consumer aged 65+ consume over 9 hours of
media daily
50% of 65+ spend time communicating via email
25% of 65+ use a tablet

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Source: Justtheflight.co.uk

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Innovation Geography of the UK
ERC May 2015
Swedish Cyborgs as reported by BBC Dec 2014

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In Summary
Consumption
Behaviours
Payments
Use Cases – Health, Education, Transport
Work & Play
Innovation
TRUST

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Rob Denton
@cosmobobthe1st
0044 (0) 7891934142
rob@goldtopconsulting.co.uk
[GTC] Gold Top Consulting
So I have spoken on this day June 12th some of
what I do know. You all did live and perhaps love
analogue once, and not without cause: what
cause withholds you then to mourn for it?
O judgement! Thou art fled to inefficient beasts.
And people have lost their reason. Thank you for
bearing with me; my heart is in the coffin there
with analogue but my head is filled with Digital…
Inspired by William Shakespeare,
Julius Caesar