05/02/2001 (Agence Europe) - The availability and the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) have considerably increased in Europe over the past ten years. According to data published recently by Eurostat, the same is true for the Central European Candidate (CEC) countries, that are applying for EU membership, although they still have to catch up the EU to a certain extent. Thus, the number of personal computers (PCs) and Internet hosts per 100 inhabitants in still...