http://www.idc.com/groups/isi/main.html
The status of the Indian information economy as a paper tiger with very
little impact on social growth is well known to the knowledgeable. The
annual IDC survey bears out the reality by placing India at the bottom of
the heap; 51 out of 53 nations surveyed. Some mandarin in Delhi will be
quick to point out I'm sure that Pakistan, and also Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
and Nepal didn't even figure on the survey.
The bulk provider of IT services for the world has a real problem creating
an IT enabled society at home.
Srini
http://sify.com/finance/fullstory.php?id=13606262
India ranks 51 in global high-tech polls
Sunday, 07 November , 2004, 12:20
New Delhi: IT leader India ranks way down at 51 out of 53 nations in IDC's
Information Society Index (ISI) 2004, which measures the abilities of
countries to participate in the information revolution.
South Korea is the only Asia Pacific country to rank within top ten in IDC's
ISI, climbing four points over last year to reach 8th position, while China
rose from among the bottom five last year to stand at 44 in the latest list.
The ISI study combines 15 variables in four infrastructure pillars to
calculate each nation's ability to access and utilise information capacity
and wealth. The four pillars are: Internet, Computers, Telecom and Social
factors.
India's overall position at 51 comprises a ranking of 43 in Internet, 51 in
Computer, 53 in Telecom and Social factors at 51, indicating that there is
far less ability to access and use information and IT than other nations.
For China, the aggregate ranking of 44 includes Computers at 46, Telecom at
39, Internet at 38 and Social factors at rank 48.
In much the same way that gross domestic product (GDP) measures a country's
economic wealth, the ISI measures its information capacity and wealth, IDC
said.
The pillar for Computers measures the number of PC households, IT spending
as a percentage of GDP, software spending as a percentage of total IT
spending and IT services spending weighted against GDP.
The Internet pillar factors in the number of net users and e-commerce
spending; the Telecom pillar measures variables related to broadband
adoption, wireless services and mobile handset shipments while social
factors evaluate a society's ability to utilise IT by measuring education,
civil liberties and government corruption.
Among the top 20 nations, Denmark displaced Sweden for the top slot,
followed by United States at 3rd position and Switzerland, Canada,
Netherlands, Finland, Korea, Norway, UK, Hong Kong, Australia, Singapore,
Austria, Germany, Belgium, New Zealand, Japan, France and Taiwan in that
order.
''While majority of the Asia Pacific countries have fared average with
regards to the Social index, many captured top ranks in the Telecom and Web
related indexes,'' Asia Pacific Central Research Group Vice President Kitty
Fok said.
''Rapid adoption of broadband technologies and roll out of wireless
infrastructure and services in countries such as South Korea, Hong Kong,
Singapore, Taiwan and Japan, have resulted in these comparative standings,''
IDC added.
