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I benefici socio-economici della banda ultra-larga e

l'indice DESI

Filippo Munisteri

Economic Analyst

DG CONNECT

Filippo.munisteri@ec.europa.eu

Bruxelles, 25 febbraio 2016

An average Sunday in Aalst-Waalre:

5 laptops

2 ipads

1 Apple TV

5+ mobile phones

…and nothing is working properly.

1. Benefici che possono essere monetizzati ed internalizzati Il ritorno sugli investimenti per gli operatori privati

• Private operators are driven by Return On Investment (ROI).

• Focus on Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

• FIRR <0 => Net Present Value (NPV) is negative.

• But: positive externalities for society are not taken into account (Social Return on Investment, SROI) Look at Economic Rate of Return (ERR)

• => Economic NPV (ENPV) is positive.

2. Benefici che possono essere monetizzati, ma non internalizzati Stokab - Sweden

Invested in open, neutral-fibre network for all

Socio-economic return: 1.7 bn. EUR

Entrepreneurship – 10% relates to 13 extra companies per 100,000 inhabitants.

Driven distances – 10% relates to 130,000km less per capita.

Yearly net savings home care – 4m to 68m EUR

Jobs – 10% relates to 3% higher employment

3. Benefici che non possono essere monetizzati, ne' internalizzati Verso la banda ultra larga come bene pubblico?

Public goods may be supplied by the private sector

non-excludable and non-rival

cost of provision = high

value to society exceeds costs

targets & net neutrality: nobody should be excluded

Balance competition & public good aspects

only way to capture well-being, quality of life and value of future real options of growth.

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La posizione competitiva italiana:

l'indice DESI

Digital Agenda Scoreboard 2015 8

Italy's performance in the DESI 2015

Italy ranks 25 among EU countries. It falls in the Low performance group of countries.

Digital Agenda Scoreboard 2015 9

Connectivity: Fixed Broadband Coverage

In Italy, fixed broadband is available to 99% of households (97% in the EU). NGA connections are available to 36% of Italian households (68% of European

households).

Source: Broadband coverage in Europe, studies for the EC by Point Topic (2011-2012 figures, SMART 2011/0027 and 2012/0035) and IHS and Valdani, Vicari &

Associati (2013 figures, SMART 2013/0054)

Digital Agenda Scoreboard 2015 10

Human Capital: Internet Users

32% of Italians have never used the internet (18% in the EU)

Source: Eurostat - Community survey on ICT usage in Households and by Individuals

Digital Agenda Scoreboard 2015 11

Human Capital: Digital Skills

In Italy 44% of citizens have basic digital skills (54% in the EU) and 2.6% have above basic digital skills (5.7% in the EU)

Source: Pilot work carried out by DG CONNECT in relation to action 62 of the Digital Agenda to propose "EU-wide indicators of digital competence". It is

proposed for regular implementation starting with the 2015 survey.

Digital Agenda Scoreboard 2015 12

Use of Internet

Italians, much like European citizens in general, perform a diverse set of activities online. They use the Internet to consume content and media, to communicate, and to perform

transactions.

Source: Eurostat - Community survey on ICT usage in Households and by Individuals; IHS Technology databases - TV Media Intelligence Service.

Digital Agenda Scoreboard 2015 13

Integration of Digital Technology: Business digitization

Businesses in Italy are adopting different digital technologies to enhance productivity, such as sharing internal information electronically or using RFID,

eInvoicing, Social Media and Cloud.

Source: Eurostat - Community survey on ICT usage and eCommerce in Enterprises

Digital Agenda Scoreboard 2015 14

Digital Public Services: eGovernment users

18% of Italians have exchanged filled forms with the public administration online,

whereas overall in the EU 33% of citizens have done so.

Source: Eurostat - Community survey on ICT usage in Households and by Individuals

Digital Agenda Scoreboard 2015 15

Digital Public Services: Open Data

Italy scores 485 out of 700 in the European Public Sector Information scoreboard,

against an overall score of 378 out of 700 for the European Union.

Source: The Public Sector Information Scoreboard is a ‘crowdsourced’ tool to measure the status of Open Data and PSI re-use throughout the EU.

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