Government of Montenegro Round Table 3: Investment in the Telecommunication, Innovation and Technology in the Region Opportunities in Technology Sector Vujica Lazovic, PhD Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Policy 4th VIENNA ECONOMIC FORUM Investment in Development in the Countries from the Adriatic to the Black Sea – Problems and Solution Proposals Vienna, Austria, November 5th
Small country – small projects BIG EFFECTS
Innovation management & Digital revolution
Information technology application is not in direct and proportional correlation with living standard !?
Technological development in Montenegro Mobile telephone users 163% Internet users > 29% Hoseholds having the computer > 40%
What have we done?
Liberalized telecommunication market
3 2 5 No of mobile telephone operators No of fixed telephone operators No of Internet Service Providers 5
Digital Opportunity Index 61. place (World Rank)
Global Competitiveness Index 82. place (World Rank)
Existance of a political will for technological development 11
What do we have to do? 12
To Digital Opportunity From Digital gap To Digital Opportunity
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