Rozwój sektora ICT w Polsce – ocena międzyregionalna

With the evolution of information and communication systems it is possible to speed up the flow of information. These processes have occurred and continue to occur in different areas of social and economic life, and concern both households and the enterprises. Consequently the possibility of building a knowledge-based economy has arisen. Additionally, the demand for ever more advanced digital technology is constantly increasing, which lays the foundation for the information society to function. The aim of the paper is a multi-dimensional approach to analysing the development of modern telecommunication infrastructure in Poland. The research issues are presented in regional terms, since digital networks have started expanding at this level. It was assumed that there were significant disproportions in interregional development of the ICT sector in Poland. That assumption was verified using appropriate taxonomic methods, including synthetic measure of development in standarised terms and cluster analysis. On the basis of the designated ICT indices, regions were classified and homogenously grouped according to the state and performance of the ICT sector. The analyses were carried out in the period 2003–2014.