SMEs and E Commerce The Asia Foundation
4.1.4 Usage of LAN
57% of companies had Local Area Network (LAN). Respondents in the
telecommunication & IT sector was the largest group among the companies with
LAN. Manufacturing which was the smallest group (Figure 1.2).
Figure 1.2
LAN Users by Sector
Manufacture
9%
Service
11%
No LAN
43%
Trade
10%
Hotel&Tourism
Telecommunication
10%
17%
There was little difference between companies with LAN when distributed by
city (Figure 1.3). The largest group was in Chonburi (22.4%). The second large
group was in Chiang Mai (21.2%). The smallest group was in Nakhon
Ratchasima (17.6%).
Figure 1.3
LAN Users by City
3 5
3 0
2 5
15
18
16
2 0
19
17
1 5
1 0
16
12
14
5
11
11
0
C h ian g M ai
N ak hon
C hon buri
Ph uket
B angkok
R atchasim a
N o LA N
LA N
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