Assessing the impact of telecommunications infrastructure on the growth of national economy

The paper examines the relationship between indicators of telecommunications infrastructure and indicators of national economic development. The environment for the development of digital and information communications determines the intellectual level of society, the technologies used and management decisions made. In the near future, countries with modern telecommunications infrastructure will become leaders in innovative development. This will ensure high labor productivity, quality and expectancy of life. To objectively perceive the relevance of the development of telecommunications infrastructure, it is necessary to have a clear understanding of the degree of impact of the parameters of the telecommunications infrastructure on the indicators of areas of activity, industries and the national economy as a whole. Such connections should be based on the structuring of indicators, the methodological formalization of calculation rules, and quantitative relationships for specific examples. The study made it possible to identify three areas of effectiveness of the telecommunications infrastructure (direct macroeconomic, indirect macroeconomic, secondary through quality of life indicators) and to propose a structured set of methodological formulas for calculating the result and efficiency of the telecommunications infrastructure. Examples of research results show quantitative assessments of the relationship between indicators of the development of telecommunications infrastructure and the characteristics of individual areas of life. The assessment of the potential of the national telecommunications infrastructure is considered using the example of assessing indicators of digital quality of life. It allows you to compare the state of telecommunications infrastructure across time periods, countries and regions. The article notes that the indicators of telecommunications infrastructure are a determining factor for the progress of the national economy and the quality of life of the population. Countries with a higher level of telecommunications have higher rates of productivity, innovation improvement, wages, and life expectancy. The presented study systematizes the indicators of telecommunications infrastructure and shows their connection with macroeconomic indicators and indicators of digital quality of life. The assessment of the integral effectiveness of the use of telecommunications infrastructure is considered. We recommend using the proposed assessments of the quantitative relationship between indicators of telecommunications infrastructure and indicators of the national economy to assess the effectiveness, efficiency, and prospects of telecommunications infrastructure and individual infrastructure products.