Methodology - ICT sector

The ICT sector is an alternative grouping of economic activities defined by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development within the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC), Revision 4 for economic activities included in the ICT sector and in the information and media sector.

The ICT sector is define as a combination of economic activities producing goods and providing services, which are primarily intended for processing, communication, and distribution of information by electronic means, including the capture, storage, transmission, and display.

ICT manufacturing

Group 26.1 – Manufacture of electronic components and boards;

Group 26.2 – Manufacture of computers and peripheral equipment;

Group 26.3 – Manufacture of communication equipment;

Group 26.4 – Manufacture of consumer electronics;

Group 26.8 – Manufacture of magnetic and optical media.

ICT trade

Group 46.5 – Wholesale of information and communication equipment.

Telecommunications

Group 61.1 – Wired telecommunications activities;

Group 61.2 – Wireless telecommunications activities;

Group 61.3 – Satellite telecommunications activities;

Group 61.9 – Other telecommunications activities.

IT services

Group 58.2 – Software publishing;

Class 62.01 – Computer programming activities;

Class 62.02 – Computer consultancy activities;

Class 62.03 – Computer facilities management activities;

Class 62.09 – Other information technology and computer service activities;

Group 63.1 – Data processing, hosting and related activities; web portals;

Group 95.1 – Repair of computers and communication equipment.

Indicators were obtained from the annual structural business survey in businesses of selected production industries (economic activities).