OVERCOMING THE PROBLEMS OF DIGITAL DIVIDE IN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY IN UKRAINE: ORGANIZATIONAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS

The research characterizes the phenomenon of digital divide, contains an analysis of its features in Ukraine. A multistage approach was used for the analysis. Based on the results of the analysis of individual indicators (the level of economic development of the country, geographical, social, demographic and gender differentiation of society, the degree of state participation in the development of telecommunication and information technologies), organizational and economic prospects for solving the problems of the digital divide in Ukraine have been established. The research reveals the approaches to the formation of the information community, the identification of negative manifestations in the development of telecommunications that arise in the conditions of intensive development. All these indicators are considered in the example of Ukraine, with an emphasis on the inconsistency of the levels of general economic and info-communication development.