ICT SURVEY 2006 Milica Daković Institute for Strategic Studies and Projections Kotor, 2006.

ICT SURVEY 2006 QUESTIONS AND GOALS - Lack of data in area of ICT - Level of information society development - Fixed and mobile telephony usage - PC and Internet usage - E-skills - Barriers and recommedations

ICT SURVEY 2006 SAMPLE CREATING - Representative stratified sample - Covered 1,400 households - ….in three regions - ….in 17 municipalities - ….in urban and rural parts

ICT SURVEY 2006

ICT SURVEY 2006 Telecommunications in Households 79.9% have fixed phones 91.7% have mobile phones Two mobile phones per household, in average Three mobile phones per household in Podgorica ProMonte 62%, T-Mobile 38%

ICT SURVEY 2006

ICT SURVEY 2006 PC and Internet in households 38.3% have a PC 58.7% have Internet connection A modem type of connection is most prevalent PC usage dominant among youger generations Still present need for extra education

ICT SURVEY 2006

EXSISTING BARRIERS Lack of financial resources Lack of interesting Women need extra education Lack of infrastructure Regulations Regional differences-problems in north E-skills between different age groups

How to improve information society? Improve educational programs in schools; Develop ICT infrastructure; Liberalization and deregulation; Special attention to north region; Special attention to younger generations Lower prices of PC and Internet; Monitoring of information society development

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