Mobile internet in the EU: problems and perspectives

Olga Lavrinenko (), Svetlana Ignatjeva (), Alina Betlej (), Alina Danileviča (), Vladimir Menshikov () and Oleg Rybalkin ()
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Olga Lavrinenko: Daugavpils University, Latvia
Svetlana Ignatjeva: Daugavpils University, Latvia
Alina Betlej: John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland
Alina Danileviča: Daugavpils University, Latvia
Vladimir Menshikov: Daugavpils University, Latvia
Oleg Rybalkin: Daugavpils University, Latvia

Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues, 2022, vol. 9, issue 3, 369-383

Abstract: Mobile communication has become a taken for granted condition of people’s everyday lives. Internet and mobile technologies have changed our way of both doing business and dealing with our daily routine activities. Researchers have increasingly focused on the impact of the level Internet, i.e. mobile Internet level on national economies. Mobile Internet rapidly been integrated not only into people’s daily lives, but also into the daily lives of companies, organizations, administration. The aim of the present research is to perform a statistical study and assessment of the level of mobile Internet development in Latvia in the context of the EU countries in the period from 2014 to 2019 years. The Mobile Connectivity Index measures performance of 150 countries according the four key enablers of mobile Internet connectivity: infrastructure (i.e., the availability of high-performance mobile internet network coverage), affordability (i.e., availability of mobile services and devices at price points that reflect the level of income across a national population), consumer readiness (i.e., citizens with the awareness and skills needed to value and use the internet) and content (i.e., availability of secure online content and services accessible and relevant to the local population). The study analyzes the impact of the Mobile Connectivity Index on the Latvian economic growth, makes recommendations for improving the Internet and mobile technologies as an endogenous factor of economic development.

Keywords: Mobile Internet; Latvia; GSMA Mobile Connectivity Index (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E20 L86 O15 O33 R10 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.9770/jesi.2022.9.3(22)

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