Digital Agenda Scoreboard 2013: Italy

Standard fixed broadband* availability

Basic broadband for all by 2013

adding wireless, EU coverage is 99.97%

*xDSL, Cable, FTTP and WiMax; Source: Point Topic

2

NGA* availability (54% of EU homes)

At least 30 Mbps for all by 2020

But only 12% of EU rural areas are covered

* Next Generation Access (NGA): VDSL, Cable Docsis 3.0 and FTTP; Source: Point Topic3

Fixed broadband lines penetration in the EU 28.8% (lines as a % of population)(equivalent to 72.5% of EU homes subscribing to broadband)

Fixed broadband take-up

4

Source: Communications Committee

20% of EU fixed broadband subscriptions are NGA

Share of High-speed broadband

Source: Communications Committee

5

14.8% of EU fixed broadband subscriptions are at least 30 Mbps and 3.4 % at least 100 Mbps

Fixed broadband lines by speed

Source: Communications Committee

6

2% of Europeans have never used the Internet, 70% are regular Internet users (at least once a week) (2012)

7

Source: Eurostat

Levels of computer skills (2012)

8

Moreover: in 2011, only 53% of European labour force judged their computer or Internet skills to be sufficient if they were to look for a job or change job within a year (Eurostat).

Source: Eurostat

11,4%

19,9%

24,5%

15,7%

25,3% 25,6%

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Low skills Medium skills High skills

IT

EU27

ICT Professionals

9

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7%Share of ICT professionals in the total workforce in EU27, 2011

Source: Empirica calculations based on Eurostat Labour Force Survey, 2011

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Enterprises that recruited ICT specialists, with and without difficulties in filling vacancies, 2012 (% of enterprises)

recruited/tried to recruit and had no hard to fill vacancies

recruited/tried to recruit and had hard to fill vacancies

Difficulties in recruiting ICT professionals

3% of EU Enterprises that recruited ICT specialists, had difficulties in filling IT vacancies

Source: Eurostat

Citizens engaging in eCommerce (domestic & cross border)(% of all citizens, 2012)

11

Source: Eurostat

eCommerce: SMEs selling online(% of all SMEs, 2012)

12

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eCommerce: SMEs

selling online buying online

Source: Eurostat

•Electronic interaction by citizens* with public authorities(2012)

Source: Eurostat

*Citizens aged between 25 and 54

13

eGovernment

Source: Eurostat

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Take-up of eGovernment by SMEs

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eGovernment

While most large enterprises already use eGovernment services the take-up by SMEs is slow

Source: Eurostat

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