DIGITAL FORECASTING FACTORS AND TOOLS TRANSFORMATIONS IN RUSSIAN REGIONS

Abstract

An assessment of the factors of digital development and forecasting tools for infrastructural support of digital transformation using the author's cognitive map is given, positive trends in the field of eliminating digital inequality are identified, which ensured the growth of subscribers in rural areas and remote regions; an increase in the total volume of transmitted information and traffic per subscriber; a high level of digital maturity of government authorities, including in the regions; the presence of a core in macro-regions, as well as limitations in terms of imbalance in terms of network density, technical characteristics, and availability of ICT sector services in some regions; greater activity in using the potential of the Internet in more developed regions; relatively low digital readiness of business to use new opportunities on its part, which made it possible to identify models for predicting the digital transformation of the region, enabling government agencies to develop measures to stimulate and increase the digital potential of regional economic entities.