But in Germany, fax machines havent been relegated to the history books just yet, research shows.
Digital advocacy group Bitkomsurveyed505 companies across the country and found that a whopping 82% of them still fax.
Notably, one-third of the respondents said their use of the 180-year oldtechnologyis frequent or very frequent.
The intensity of use, however, is gradually declining.
Last year, it was at 40%, down from 62% in 2018.
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From abusinessperspective this translates to the challenge of digitisation.
Story byIoanna Lykiardopoulou
Ioanna is a writer at TNW.
With a background in the humanities, she has a soft spot for social impact-enabling technologies.
