Information and communication technologies
Although communication has always accompanied people, the development of technology has made it much easier.
Today we are an information society. It would be difficult to find an area of life in which information and communication technologies are not used. Information resources are constantly expanding, and at the same time they are more and more dispersed. Technology is needed to use the existing data efficiently and quickly. The ICT sector comes to the rescue, dealing with activities related to the production of communication and IT devices and with the provision of related services. What is the relationship between this sector and the information society? Only in the information society can information processing using ICT provide a significant economic, social and cultural value. ICT promotes the dissemination of information and knowledge, and geographical boundaries are not a barrier to the flow of information. Małopolska is a region with a high concentration of ICT companies, and ranks second among the regions with the highest employment rate in this sector. Enterprises operating within this specialization invest a lot in R&D.
