Assessment of information and communications technology maturity level

Authors:
Vagia Kyriakidou;Christos Michalakelis;Thomas Sphicopoulos
Affiliations:
Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, University of Athens, Athens, Greece and National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Dept. of Informatics and Telecommunications, Panepistimio ...;National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Dept. of Informatics and Telecommunications, Panepistimiopolis, Ilissia, Athens 15784, Greece;National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Dept. of Informatics and Telecommunications, Panepistimiopolis, Ilissia, Athens 15784, Greece
Venue:
Telecommunications Policy
Year:
2013

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Abstract

The use of information and communications technology (ICT) turned out to be a key factor in the process of the wider development of a country. It is therefore very useful to estimate ICT evolution by the means of an appropriate metric. Based on statistical data from 159 countries, the ICT maturity level index (IMLI) is proposed and estimated by using structural equation modelling (SEM). This index is a metric measuring the information society in a country and consists of three sub-indices which are access, use and skills. It is an improvement of the ICT development index, proposed by the ITU in 2009. The analysis divides the countries into two groups, the developed and the developing, due to major disparities in their statistical data. The criterion used to define the groups was the income, as expressed by the Gross National Income per capita. The impact of a number of influential parameters on the ICT maturity level is evaluated and it becomes obvious that there is a substantial difference in their impact between developed and developing countries. Finally, a procedure that allows the ranking of the countries, based on IMLI, is presented.