Nowadays, the use of ICT by SMEs is increasingly common according to survey for OECD coun-
tries. Internet access is also frequent among SMEs (see Figure 2). While Internet penetration is
normally higher in larger enterprises, it is detected that the gap between larger firms and SMEs is
narrowing. In most OECD countries, Internet penetration rates for medium-sized companies (50-
ees), with penetration rates of over 90%2
249 employees) are approximately the same1
have a slightly lower penetration rate, generally between 80% and 98%, and in Hungary and Por-
tugal, more than 70% have Internet access.
. As shown in Figure 2, small firms (10-49 employees)