The Infocommunications Development of Ukraine under Conditions of the Transition to the Digital Economy
Grytsulenko S. I., Umanets O. Y.

Grytsulenko, Svitlana I., and Umanets, Olena Yu. (2018) “The Infocommunications Development of Ukraine under Conditions of the Transition to the Digital Economy.” The Problems of Economy 4:49–60.
https://doi.org/10.32983/2222-0712-2018-4-49-60

Section: Economics and national economy management

UDC 330.341.1:338.242.2

Abstract:
A generally recognized factor that has a direct impact on the formation and development of the digital economy is the level of development of infocommunications, which actualizes the issue of its measurement as an indicator of the degree of readiness of Ukraine to implement its digital strategies. To this end, in the article, based on statistical data of the information society and the digital economy, with the use of appropriate assessment indicators (technological, economic, social ones) for Ukraine, Europe, and the CIS, there measured: level of ICT infrastructure development; level of using ICT by citizens, business and government; level of development of the ICT sector (economic, social aspects). According to the results of the study, relevant conclusions are made. In particular, the low level of infocommunications development of Ukraine relative to the countries of geographically close regions reduces the possibility of achieving the key objectives of its digital strategies, bringing to the fore the need to address the following specific tasks: development of ICT infrastructure through increasing the availability and innovativeness of communication networks; further provision of access of the population, households, business and government structures to ICT; preservation of niches in regional ICT services markets and sustainable development of the production segment of the ICT sector, enhancing its ability to meet the demand for communication equipment and new jobs.

Keywords: ICT, level of infocommunications development, digital strategies, digital economy, assessment and analysis.

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Grytsulenko Svitlana I. – Candidate of Sciences (Economics), Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Digital Business, University of Intellectual Technologies and Communications (1 Kuznechna Str., Odesa, 65029, Ukraine)
Email: gsi0910@ukr.net
Umanets Olena Yu. – Masters Student, Educational and Research Institute of Economics and Management of Odessa National Academy of Telecommunications named after O. S. Popov (1 Kovalska Str., Odessa, 65029, Ukraine)
Email: umanets20@yandex.ua

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