In particular, the market is witnessing the growth of cross-border ISPs such as Delfi, GTS and Nextra which are making the most of regional synergies by consolidating their brand image while retaining differentiated national language content. Most countries in the region now have healthy Internet sectors with a growing number of subscribers and an ever-expanding range of services on offer. Figure 2 ranks the countries of Central and Eastern Europe by Internet penetration at the end of 1999, and illustrates the PC penetration and teledensity rates for the same year. The graph indicates a stronger correlation between Internet penetration and PC penetration, than between Internet penetration and teledensity. It contains in-depth profiles of the top 48 major ISPs, and directory listings of over 650 other players.
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