Broadband access (firms)

Definition

Total public investment in ICTs per head

Unit of observation

Unit of observation Administrative unit (e.g. municipality, region or country)

Reporting unit

Regional government

Operationalisation

To be explored

Complementary indicators

• Broken down in hardware, software, services, R&D

Relation to existing indicators

While data for this indicator exist in some Member States, they are not harmonised yet, and not included in Eurostat’s REGIO database.

Methodological issues concerning application of the indicator

Data on public investments in ICT are not available currently, and no common method for accounting has been agreed upon yet. For the time being, proxy indicators would have to be used.

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