Assessment of the Impact of Large Regional Telecommunications Companies on the Infrastructure Development of the Regional Economy in the Republic of Kazakhstan

In the digital economy, given the specificities of regional economic development in the Republicof Kazakhstan, the approaches to managing infrastructure development in the regions are changing, with large regional telecommunications companies taking center stage. Regional authorities should make allowance for the global trends in creating a new industrial system of the 21st century, the accelerating informatization, computerization, robotization, and intellectualization of production, and the enhanced integration of production with science and education when deciding on the implementation of regional infrastructure projects.
Aim. The presented study substantiates the need to assess the innovation activity of large regional telecommunications companies and conditions for using it in the development and implementation of the regional infrastructure development strategy in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Tasks. The authors identify the factors that have the strongest impact on the formation of the regional innovation infrastructure development sub-system in the regions of the Republic of Kazakhstan and substantiate potential directions for regional infrastructure development and for improving the innovation potential of regions by creating a large-scale regional network infrastructure under the terms of the partnership between the government and large regional telecommunications companies.
Methods. Using the mechanism of public-private partnership, government institutions and large regional telecommunications companies should modernize regional infrastructure by implementing innovative methods and models for the management of regional infrastructure development based on the approaches and methods of the digital economy, since this economic sector has a systemic impact on regional development.
Results. Considering the systemic impact of large regional telecommunications companies on the economic development of the Republic of Kazakhstan as a whole, priority directions of development at the regional level should focus on the factors with the strongest impact on regional economic development, regional budget revenues and expenditures, gross regional product, and poverty reduction in the regions.
Conclusions. Econometric modeling indicates the following crucial factors that determine regional economic development in the Republic of Kazakhstan: the number of subscribers to fixed Internet with high-speed broadband access, the number of subscribers to wireless broadband Internet access via fixed wireless ground com munications, the number of fixed telephone lines among the population, the number of subscribers to fixed Internet, the number of subscribers to fixed (wired) Internet, the number of subscribers to wireless broadband Internet access viasatellite, the density of subscribers with high-speed broadband access per 100 people, the number of fixed telephone lines connected to digital telephone exchanges, the number of fixed telephone lines. Thus, it can be concluded that the telecommunications sector serves as a foundation for the implementation of a mechanism for improving the efficiency of regional management in the digital economy.

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