According to Peter Wilcox, Managing Director – Europe for ACNielsen eRatings.com, "Spain is one of the hottest Internet markets in Europe because of its economic size and growth potential. By January, we will be delivering the highest quality data available and be able to compare user habits across ten Western European countries." The Internet penetration level in Spain - the number of individuals who have access to the Internet as a percentage of the population - is relatively low at 13%. But the growth rates in penetration for the last two years have topped 50%, making Spain one of the fastest developing online countries in Europe. Data from Spanish Internet audience panels are expected to become available by January 2001.