Azizbek Hasanov,
Ministry of Digital Technologies of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Joint-Stock
Company “Uzbektelecom” chief specialist of the department,
Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Email: ai.xasanov@gmail.com
ORCID: 0009-0001-6301-4296
Abstract: This article comments on the role of information and communication technologies in the development of the global and national economy, highlights the sharp increase in demand for them over the past 3 years and their advantages. The article emphasizes the importance of ICT in the sectors of the economy by revealing the theoretical and scientific foundations of information and communication technologies. Also, special attention has been paid to the fact that the terms, basic concepts related to the management of information and communication technologies in today’s economy, special rules for the development of the field of information and communication technology in the republic are reflected in the normative legal documents. Scientific observation, logical thinking, systematic approach, statistical, economic, financial and pessional analysis and experiential evaluation methods were used in the development of scientifically based conclusions and recommendations based on the detailed analysis of the problem raised in the scientific article, systematization of the analysis results. In fact, in the 21st century in which we live, the technologies of effective use of information resources, that is, modern information and communication technologies, are becoming an important component of the country’s economy and economic processes taking place in it. President of the Republic of Uzbekistan . On January 10, 2018, at a meeting dedicated to the development of information and communication technologies, Mirziyoev noted that there is still a lot of work to be done in the field of information technologies, and that the achieved results are much lower than in other countries. The article emphasizes that according to the data of the international organization “Committed to connecting the world” for 2021, more than 4.9 billion of the world’s population use the Internet, which is 63% of the world’s population. According to the figures in the studies, compared to 2019, 800 million people, that is, more than 17 percent of the population, started using the Internet, which serves to continuously connect the ICT sector with processes such as science and education, entrepreneurship, various services, entertainment applications, and communication. During the pandemic, concrete examples of the rapid development of the ICT sector in the last decade are given.
Key words: world population, national economy, information and communication technologies, optical fiber, mobile Internet, Internet speed, COVID-19.