The global electronic commerce market is growing extremely fast and could be worth ECU 200 billion by the year 2000. Worldwide, 86 million people were connected to the Internet by the end of 1996 and by 2000, this is expected to reach 250 million individuals.
En 1996, 86 millions de personnes étaient connectées à l'internet dans le monde, un chiffre qui devrait passer à 250 millions en l'an 2000.