Abstract—Nowadays, many globally recognized
organizations and institutes have introduced a number of indices
related to telecommunications sector. Each index has gained
significant attention from the public and private sectors around
the world because the results of such national ranking under
these indices have a direct impact on reliability, national
competitiveness and investment attractiveness. They are then
thoroughly analyzed by policy makers and private organizations
alike to identify the areas for improvement aiming to achieve
better ranking in the upcoming rounds. However the high
number of such indices may create confusion among investors
and analysts and raise concerns among policy makers, especially
regarding the way each index is calculated or ranked. Those
indices, relevant to telecommunications industry at present, are
formulated to measure the level of development in the
telecommunications and ICT and consequently create visible
impacts on the country’s economic growth. Therefore the
preparation of these indices should aim to focus at the factors to
stimulate growth, to drive the industry further, and to identify
sustainability. This paper compares the different ICT and
telecommunications indices developed by various organizations
across the globe to highlight the factors impacting economic
growth. Recommendations for supportive policies and strategies
are provided in this paper on how to improve ICT indices
ranking to foster socio-economic benefits for countries.
Index Terms—Comparison, ICT, telecommunications, index.
Thipchutar Paparwekorn is with the Office of National Broadcasting and
Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), Thailand (e-mail:
gameooboyxx@hotmail.com).
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Cite: Thipchutar Paparwekorn, "Comparison of Globally Recognized ICT and Telecommunications Indices," International Journal of Future Computer and Communication vol. 4, no. 6, pp. 381-385, 2015.
