ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a descriptive view of Ukraine’s approach towards the development of e-government and broadband infrastructure. The description consists of an overview of the national Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) sector, the regulations that created this sector and the influence of these dynamics in the development of electronic governance. ICT can be described as an enabler for a variety of goods, applications and services for creating, disseminating, processing and transforming information. The chapter presents an overview and an analysis of Ukraine’s ICT development. This overview is made up of the statistical outlook of the market as well as the profiles of the key market players. The mobile communication market in Ukraine is developing in the most intensive way, offering the most affordable services due to the less cost of infrastructure deployment and telecommunication services. Mobile broadband services present a significant growth opportunity, given the saturated nature of the voice market in Ukraine.
