Governments and Businesses Must Make Better Use of ICT, Study Shows
Businesses and governments must make better use of their communications and computing infrastructure if they are to benefit from the full economic and social benefits of ICT, according to a study by Professor Leonard Waverman of the London Business School and global economic consulting firm LECG.
According to the study, commissioned by Nokia Siemens Networks, even the world’s best connected countries are not exploiting communications technologies to their fullest potential and in many cases policy and regulatory activity designed to promote connectivity is not having the impact intended.
The Connectivity Scorecard, as the study is called, analyses not only a nation’s ICT infrastructure but the effectiveness of its use. The Scorecard ranks the US first in a group of 16 innovation driven economies (as defined by the World Economic Forum), although its score is only 6.97 out of a possible 10.0. The differentiated nature of the Scorecard compared to other rankings is illustrated by the fact that South Korea, typically a high scorer on other indexes, is ranked 10th on the list, with a rating of just 4.78.
The Connectivity Scorecard measures the extent to which governments, businesses and consumers make use of connectivity technologies – the copper wires, fiber-optic lines, mobile phones and PCs that underpin today’s information economy – to enhance social and economic prosperity.
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Source: Nokia Siemens Networks
