Developing Digital Services in Economy of Data

Topicality of the subject of researching the role and importance of digital services in development of economy in the Russian Federation is envisaged by the necessity to adapt to current conditions of global digital transformation, where digital technologies become a key factor of raising efficiency and competitiveness of the country on the world scene. Special attention is paid to the fact, how the development of digital services affects reduction of regional inequality and improvement of quality of life of the population in different parts of Russia. The goal of the article is to analyze the current standing and prospects of development of digital services in Russian economy. Various types of digital services (finance, logistic, medical, educational, etc.) were studied and their contribution to creating a comfortable environment for people and business was demonstrated. Discussion of the standing of digital infrastructure in the country is essential, which includes state investment into the sector. Competitiveness of Russia in the field of digital economy in comparison with leading countries of the world was analyzed. It was pointed out that Russia shows serious success in the development of digital technologies, especially in the field of storage and processing of big data. Statistic information was provided that testifies to the growth in market of digital services in Russia, which in 2023 made up about 3 trillion rubles and forecast annual rise of 15–20%. Attention was focused on analysis of factors promoting the growth of digital services, such as a rise in the number of Internet users, energetic introduction of automated state services and popularization of AI. The achievements of the leading companies of the sector, such ‘Yandex’, ‘VKontakte’, ‘Gosuslugi’, ‘Ozon’ and ‘Sberbank’ were discussed, as well as the development of cloud technologies, big data and AI. Within the frames of realizing the national project ’Digital Economy’ considerable funds are allocated to the development of infrastructure, training of highly-qualified specialists and support of home IT-companies. It is expected that by 2030 market of digital services will reach 8 trillion rubles and 5G network will be started in big and medium cities and provide further speeding-up of digitalization and create preconditions for developing smart cities. In conclusion the author highlighted the importance of digitalization for modernizing traditional sectors of economy, such as manufacturing, agriculture and trade, which could provide an opportunity to raise their productivity and competitiveness.

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