Information and Communication Technologies ICT Statistics

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Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Statistics

• Singapore

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ICT facts on Singapore
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ICT Statistics
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Definition of ICT
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Definition of ICT
Updating Industrial Classification

• New ICT industries in SSIC 2000
• Third party telecom/value-added network
  operators
• Web hosting services
• Cyber cafes
• Development of e-commerce applications
• RD in IT.

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ICT INDUSTRY STATISTICS
ICT Value-Added

• Value added and share of GDP

• Revenue of infocomm industry

• Growth of infocomm industry

• Contribution of infocomm industry

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ICT INDUSTRY STATISTICS
Singapore ICT Value-Added by Sector, 1998
Biz Info Tech Services
Computer Related Services
Other Services
0.9
0.3
Telecommunications
1.5
2.2
Manufacturing
Wholesale and Retail Trade
2.7
10.6
Total VA 25 billion
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ICT INDUSTRY STATISTICS
Total ICT Sector as Percentage of GDP
Source Measuring of ICT Sector, OECD, 2000
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ICT INDUSTRY STATISTICS
ICT Sector (minus Manufacturing) as Percentage of
GDP
Source Measuring of ICT Sector, OECD, 2000
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ICT INDUSTRY STATISTICS
ICT Manpower

• ICT employment by industry/occupation/income

• ICT employment by industry

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ICT INDUSTRY STATISTICS
ICT Manpower

• ICT RD manpower

• ICT RD expenditure

• IT skills in demand

• Profile of infocomm manpower

• Size and growth of infocomm manpower

• Gap between supply and demand

• Labour turnover of infocomm manpower

• Training expenditure of infocomm manpower

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ICT Manpower
Updating Occupational Classification

• New ICT occupations in SSOC 2000
• Network systems and data communications analyst
  
• Multi-media programmer
• Network and computer systems administrator
• IT auditor
• IT security specialist
• IT quality assurance specialist

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ICT DEMAND STATISTICS

• Proportion of home PC ownership/internet access

• Demographic characteristics of home PC/Internet
  users

• Extent and sophistication of home PC/Internet
  usage

• Impediment to home PC ownership and internet
  access

• Home ownership of telephone, mobile phone,
  pager, fax, PC and Internet access.

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ICT DEMAND STATISTICS

• Extent of computerization among establishments

• Extent of internet access

• IT infrastructure in establishments

• Barriers to adoption of IT and E-commerce in
  establishments

• IT spending in establishments

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ICT DEMAND STATISTICS

• Infocomm literacy

• Infocomm savviness

• e-business savviness

• Fixed line services

• Mobile phone services

• Paging services

• Internet

• International telephone services

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E-COMMERCE (EC)
EC transactions
-include any form of commercial transactions of
goods and services conducted over both open (e.g.
Internet) and closed computer networks.
EC supporting services
-refers to services which are required for online
transactions to be carried out, as well as
services that facilitate the dissemination of
information over the Internet and the interaction
of buyers and sellers on-line.
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E-COMMERCE (EC)

• questions on B2B/B2C

• e-tailing transaction values

• extent of adoption of EC by establishment

• EC revenue and transactions

• ratio of local to overseas EC revenues

• spending on EC development and infra-structure

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OTHERS

• call success/drop-out rate

• street level coverage

• voice quality

• service activation time

• complaint rate

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OTHERS
Ad-hoc Surveys
IT Survey of Travel Agencies 1990
Survey on IT Usage in the Wholesale and Retail
Sectors 1991
Survey on IT Usage Amongst the Surveying,
Valuation and Real Estate Professions 1991/92
Survey on the Use of IT in Logistics Operations
1999
Broadband/Multimedia Industry Survey 2000
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Future Work on ICT Statistics

• More focused industry-specific studies on ICT
  sector

• Impact of E-commerce on GDP

• ICT contribution to the development of KBE

• More timely estimates of ICT share of GDP

• Greater collaboration with other NSOs

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