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Latest Developments in IT&T Statistics Singapore

Latest Developments in IT&T Statistics Singapore 28 October 2002 Key IT&T Statistics IT&T sector contributed about 15.6 % to Singapore GDP 75% of businesses in Singapore are computerised 64% of Singapore households own PC 57% of Singapore households have Internet access

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Latest Developments in IT&T Statistics Singapore

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  1. Latest Developments in IT&T Statistics Singapore 28 October 2002

  2. Key IT&T Statistics • IT&T sector contributed about 15.6 % to Singapore GDP • 75% of businesses in Singapore are computerised • 64% of Singapore households own PC • 57% of Singapore households have Internet access

  3. Singapore IT&T Statistics Singapore Department of Statistics Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore National Statistical Body Government Agency which carries out focused activities in the IT&T sector

  4. Collection of IT&T Statistics IT&T Industry Profile IT&T Usage Impact of IT&T Usage

  5. IT&T Industry Profile Survey of Commerce Survey of Services Census of Manufacturing Activities Survey on IT&T Industry Survey on IT&T Manpower National Survey of R&D in Singapore Value-added and share of GDP Revenue, growth and contribution Size of IT&T Manpower IT&T R&D Expenditure and Manpower

  6. IT&T Usage Survey on IT&T Usage in Businesses Survey on E-Commerce Survey on IT&T Usage in Households Household Expenditure Survey PC, Internet, broadband and wireless penetration and usage by company. Extent of adoption of EC, EC revenues and transactions PC, Internet, broadband and wireless penetration and usage by household. Amount spent on mobile phone bills, Internet subscription and other consumer durables relevant to IT&T.

  7. New Developments • Level of Sophistication of Internet Usage

  8. New Developments • Growing use of broadband • The extent to which people adopt broadband applications • Started Survey on the usage of broadband services in 2001 • Popular broadband applications • information and search (86%) • chat/ICQ (51%) • downloading music (45%) • playing online games (36%)

  9. New Developments • Emergence of wireless technologies • Technologies includes paperless transactions, wireless LAN and etc. • Gaining popularity • Pipeline • Indicators on Mobile Commerce and Usage of Wireless Applications

  10. New Developments • Growing concerns of IT&T security • Rise in computer crime as a result of increased network traffic and electronic-commerce usage • Growing need to measure the IT&T security incidents • Find ways to address these concerns • Evaluate the IT&T security needs of businesses • Survey on IT&T security

  11. New Developments • Moving ahead with e-government services • Singapore recognized the need to establish an e-Government • Aims to move most government services online • Collect information about the use of IT&T in the public sector and understand what other government services can be put online

  12. New Developments • Use of IT&T in specialised areas • telemedicine (transfer of medical information and moving images through telecommunications network) • use of instructional technologies in education • use of wireless technologies in the service industry

  13. Major Challenges • Providing timely and reliable data. • Blurring of boundaries separating the IT&T industry • Rapid advancement of technologies • International comparability • Privacy versus information

  14. The End

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