ICEG E uropean Center Anita HALÁSZ: Hungary: relative position of ICT and IST developments compared to NMS and EU Trends and Prospects in the Information Society: Hungary and the New Member States

State of the art of the IST in Hungary Indicators ICT market value ICT market value Access path and fixed line penetration rates Access path and fixed line penetration rates Number of PCs in total population Number of PCs in total population Internet access in the household sector Internet access in the household sector Use of the internet by the population Use of the internet by the population Number of internet hosts Number of internet hosts Public access points Public access points ISDN and broadband access ISDN and broadband access Internet access prices Internet access prices Digital divide Digital divide

The size of the ICT market in the NMS & ACC-3, in billion €, 2003

The evolution of ICT market value in % of GDP,

The evolution of access path, in %

The evolution of fixed line penetration rates, in %

The number of personal computers per 100 inhabitants, 2003

The number of personal computers per 100 citizens,

Households online in percentage of total, 2003

Households online, in percentage of total,

The number of Internet users per 100 citizens, 2003

The number of Internet users per 100 citizens,

The evolution of Internet hosts between 1999 and 2003 in thousand

Number of Public Access Points (Units / 1000 inhabitants) in 2003

The changes in the number of Public Access Points, (Units / 1000 inhabitants)

Broadband connection in % of total ones, 2002

Internet access costs 40 hours off peak time, PSTN usage, in PPP adjusted €, in 2003

Cost of a PC as % of households income

The Digital Divide Index for the NMS and ACC-3

State of the art of the ICT in Hungary Indicators The share of ICT sector in output The share of ICT sector in output The contribution of the ICT sector to exports The contribution of the ICT sector to exports The trade balance of the ICT sector The trade balance of the ICT sector The share of the ICT sector in employment The share of the ICT sector in employment

The share of ICT sectors in GDP in % in 2003

The contribution of ICT sectors to total exports in % in 2003

The evolution of the ICT sector trade balance in million of Euro,

The share of ICT producing sectors in total employment, 2002

Snapshot Mixed level of development of ICT production and IST consumption/access Factors that explain this dual development of ICT/IST in Hungary: »Structure of economic growth in recent years »Structural changes and modernisation of manufacturing »Regulatory and IS policies »R&D and ICT activities »Societal developments