Every Pole to have internet connection by 2020 – report

By 2020 everyone in Poland will have access to the internet, a report by McKinsey Global Institute said. Currently, 70 percent of Poles have access to the worldwide web, which translates to 25 million people. As much as 93 percent of Polish companies are connected to the internet. The vast majority of them use broadband connections. Back in 2004, only 28 percent of Polish companies and 25 percent of households had an internet connection. "The fact that by 2020 every Pole will be connected to the web will completely reshape the e-commerce landscape," said Jakub Kot, CEO of Dealavo. According to forecasts from eMarketer, the number of global internet users will surpass 3 billion, and by 2018 every other person in the world will be an internet user.