Bulgaria Ranks 68th In It Technologies Usage

Bulgaria ranks 68th in network development, according to a new report announced by the World economic forum in Geneva, informed technews.bg.

The study, which is published for a seventh successive year, encompasses a record number of countries – 127.

It became the most prestigious international source of information about the influence of the information technologies on the development processes and the competitiveness of the national economies.

Denmark is the most developed country in terms of network, followed by Sweden and Switzerland. Among the first 10 countries are also South Korea (9th place) and USA (3rd place), which have the highest growth climbing up respectively with 10 and 3 positions compared to last year.

The consistent efforts and the vision of the governments for the ICT significance combined with the focus on education and innovations are of key importance for the development of network readiness and lay the foundation for sustainable development, commented Irene Mia, one of the report's editors.

This year's edition of the report is on the topic Fostering of innovation through network readiness. The Networked Readiness Index -NRI used in the report, measures the level of readiness of the countries to use information and communication technologies in three fields: common business, regulation and communication infrastructure, and readiness of the tree key groups of consumers – final clients, business and government – to use information technologies. international.ibox.bg