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2012-661

More than 90 percent of establishments use computer and other hardware

1. Out of the total 2,140 establishments covered in the 2009 Survey on Information and Communication Technology (SICT), 95.7 percent used computer in their business operations.

2. ICT Manufacturing Industries recorded the highest percentage of establishments that used computer (100%) while ICT Service Industries recorded the lowest (94.9%).

3. At the regional level, both the Caraga Region and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao recorded the highest percentage at 100 percent while in MIMAROPA only eight out of every 10 establishments (80.8%) used computers in business operations, the lowest among regions.

Nine in ten establishments report Internet Access through computer

4. At the national level, about 9 in every 10 establishments (88.5%) had Internet access. Among the Information Economy (IE) Industries, ICT Manufacturing Industries, with 97.9 percent, surpassed the national average, while for National Capital Region, 92.9 percent.

Almost half of employees uses computer routinely at work

5. Out of the total 250,854 employees, only 45.9 percent used computer routinely at work.

6. Eight in every 10 employees in ICT Service Industries used computer routinely at work, the highest among industries, while ICT Manufacturing Industries recorded the lowest at 23.2 percent.

7. Among regions, the highest and lowest percentages were exhibited by Bicol Region (79.5%) and CALABARZON (24.3%), respectively.

One-third of employees routinely uses computer with Internet connection at work

8. About 32.2 percent routinely used computer with Internet connection. ICT Service Industries ranked highest with 67.0 percent while Bicol Region maintained the top post at 74.9 percent.

Establishments generate PHP308.20 million from E-Commerce Transaction via the Internet

9. The number of establishments with E-commerce transaction via the Internet was recorded at 27.1 percent, while one in every 10 establishments reported having E-commerce transaction via computer networks other than the Internet.

10. Among industries, establishments in the ICT Service Industries posted the highest utilization of E-commerce via Internet at 35.6 percent while ICT Manufacturing Industries led in the use of E-commerce via computer networks other than the Internet with 22.6 percent.

11. Among regions, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao topped other regions in utilizing the E-commerce via the Internet (71.4%) while CALABARZON and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao led all other regions in utilizing computer networks other than the Internet (14.3%).

12. Revenue generated through E-commerce via Internet amounted to PHP308.20 million while PHP90.33 million was earned through computer networks other than the Internet.

Business transactions via cellular mobile phone is recorded for almost 20 percent of establishments

13. A total of 18.3 percent of establishments utilized cellular mobile phone in business transactions.

14. Publishing Activities reported the highest percentage of establishments utilizing mobile phones in business transactions at 32.3 percent. Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao remained on top with 57.1 percent.

15. Revenue from business transaction through cellular mobile phone totaled PHP9.05 million.

Web presence is common to more than forty percent of establishments

16. About 43.6 percent of the total number of establishments reported having website in 2009.

17. Half of the establishments engaged in Publishing Activities had website, the highest among industries. The least was reported by ICT Trade Industries (35.4%) and ICT Manufacturing Industries (31.3%).

18. The National Capital Region, with 55.0 percent, led other regions in utilizing websites in their business operations. None of the establishments in Eastern Visayas, on the other hand, had website in 2009.

Publishing activities rank highest in utilizing the Internet to obtain information from government organizations

19. Of the total establishments with Internet access, 74.5 percent utilized this medium in obtaining information about government organizations. Publishing Activities topped other industries with 85.0 percent.

20. Downloading or requesting government forms through Internet was reported by 70.1 percent of establishments with Internet access. A total of 87.4 percent of establishments in ICT Manufacturing Industries reported this type of activity.

21. A total of 62.8 percent of ICT Manufacturing Industries establishments with Internet access reported having used the Internet for completing forms on-line and sending the forms, surpassing the national record of 44.0 percent.

22. Making on-line payments to government organizations was the least among the activities done via the Internet. About 26.0 percent of establishments reported this type of activity. Half of the total establishments in ICT Manufacturing Industries with Internet access reported the highest for this type of activity. CALABARZON, with 34.2 percent, led all other regions.

More than half of establishments uses the Internet in obtaining information from other organizations

23. Obtaining information from other organizations via the Internet, at 57.4 percent, was the activity done most by establishments. A total of 65.5 percent of ICT Service Industries establishments reported this activity. Cordillera Administrative Region ranked first with 81.3 percent.

24. Sharing or distributing information within the establishments (51.1%) and sharing or distributing information with other organizations (50.9%) were the next activities done mostly by the establishments via the Internet. Other activities reported were internal and external recruitment (37.1%), finance accounting and auditing (30.4%) and staff training (26.3%).

TECHNICAL NOTES

Background

The 2009 SICT is the third in the series conducted by the National Statistics Office. It is as a rider to the 2009 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI) conducted in August 2010.

Objective of the Survey

The 2009 SICT aims to collect and generate information on the availability, distribution and access/utilization of ICT among establishments in the country.

Specifically, the survey aims to measure the following:

  • component of ICT resources and their utilization by establishments
  • diffusion of ICT into establishments from various sources
  • e-commerce transactions from data on e-commerce sales/revenue and purchases
  • cellular mobile phone business transactions from data on sales/revenue
  • estimate of the number of ICT workers in establishments
  • methods of disposal of ICT equipment

Uses of the ICT Data

The results of the survey will be used in:

  • assessing the use of ICT resources by establishments and the available infrastructure
  • determining how establishments use the internet, including the activities for which it is used
  • determining Web presence in establishments
  • determining the revenue generated through e-commerce transactions, and through cellular mobile phones
  • determining the methods of disposal of ICT equipment

Frame of Establishments

The 2009 List of Establishments (LE) is used as frame of this survey.

Unit of Enumeration

The unit of enumeration of the survey is the establishment. Establishment is an economic unit under a single ownership or control, i.e., under a single legal entity, engaged in one or predominantly one kind of activity at a single fixed location.

Scope and Coverage

The survey covered all industries in the 2009 ASPBI. Industries in the 2009 SICT were classified as Core ICT and Non-Core ICT sectors. The Core ICT industries are those referred as the Information Economy or IE.

The IE is composed further of the ICT Sector and Content and Media Sector. The industries under each sector are as follows:

  1. ICT Sector
    • ICT Manufacturing Industries
    • ICT Trade Industries
    • ICT Service Industries
      • Software publishing
      • Telecommunication services
      • Computer programming, consultancy and related services
      • Data processing, hosting and related activities; web portals
      • Repair of computers and communication equipment
  2. Content and Media Sector
    • Publishing activities
    • Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities

Sampling Design

The 2009 SICT samples are subsamples of the 2009 ASPBI.

Establishments under IE or core ICT sector were completely enumerated while those for non-core ICT sector were randomly selected using systematic sampling design with three- and five-digit PSIC serving as industry strata (industry domain) and the employment size as the second stratification variable.

The total samples for the survey is about 8,300 establishments.

Indicators

Some indicators to be generated from the survey are as follows:

  • proportion of establishments using computer
  • proportion of employees using computers
  • proportion of establishments with internet connection
  • proportion of employees using the internet at work
  • proportion of establishments with Web presence
  • proportion of establishments with Intranet
  • proportion of establishments placing and receiving orders over the internet
  • proportion of establishments using the Internet by type of access and activity
  • proportion of establishments with LAN and Extranet

Reference Period

All information collected in the 2009 SICT refers to calendar year of 2009 except for employment which is as of 15 November 2009.

Response Rate

The overall response rate for the 2009 SICT is 88.8 percent of the 8,276 sample establishments. For IE, the response is 88.6 % of the 2,841 samples.

CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as defined by the Commission on Information and Communication Technology (CICT) is "the totality of electronic means to collect, store, process and present information to end-users in support of their activities". It consists, among others, of computer systems, office systems and consumer electronics, as well as network information infrastructure, the components of which include the telephone system, the Internet, fax machines and computers.

ICT Resources are equipment, knowledge and human resources used to support electronic business/manufacturing processes and the conduct of electronic commerce transactions. It includes computer and peripheral equipment, systems and application software, network channels, telecommunication equipment, routers, satellite and other ICT hardware used in electronic business and commerce transactions, ICT support services and ICT workers.

Network channel is a collection of computers connected to each other that allows them to communicate with each other, and share resources and information. All networks are made up of basic hardware building blocks to interconnect network nodes, such as Network Interface Cards (NICs), Bridges, Hubs, Switches, and Routers.

Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that interchange data by packet switching using the standardized Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP). It is a "network of networks" that consists of millions of private and public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope that are linked by copper wires, fiber-optic cables, wireless connections, and other technologies. The Internet carries various information resources and services, such as electronic mail, online chat, file transfer and file sharing, online gaming, and the inter-linked hypertext documents and other resources of the World Wide Web (WWW).

Intranet is a set of networks, using the Internet Protocol and IP-based tools such as web browsers and file transfer applications, that is, under the control of a single administrative entity. That administrative entity closes the intranet to all but specific, authorized users. Most commonly, an intranet is the internal network of an organization.

Extranet is a network or internetwork that is limited in scope to a single organization or entity but which also has limited connections to the networks of one or more other usually, but not necessarily, trusted organizations or entities (e.g. a company's customers may be given access to some part of its intranet creating in this way an extranet, while at the same time the customers may not be considered 'trusted' from a security standpoint).

Wide Area Network (WAN) is a computer network that covers a broad area (i.e., any network whose communications links cross metropolitan, regional, or national boundaries. Less formally, a WAN is a network that uses routers and public communications links. The largest and most well-known example of a WAN is the Internet. A WAN is a data communications network that covers a relatively broad geographic area (i.e. one city to another and one country to another country) and that often uses transmission facilities provided by common carriers, such as telephone companies.

Local Area Network (LAN) is a computer network covering a small physical area, like a home, office, or small group of buildings, such as a school, or an airport. Current LANs are most likely to be based on Ethernet technology. Each workgroup can get to its local printer. Note that the printers are not accessible from outside their workgroup.

E-commerce or electronic commerce refers to the sale of goods and services where an order is placed by the buyer, price and terms of sale are negotiated over the Internet Protocol-based networks, an extranet, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) network, or other on-line system.

Web site is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or more web servers, usually accessible via the Internet. All publicly accessible websites are seen collectively as constituting the "World Wide Web". The pages of a website can usually be accessed from a common root URL called the homepage, and usually reside on the same physical server.

INFORMATION ECONOMY

Information Economy (IE) is a term used to describe the economic and social value created through the ability to rapidly exchange information at any time, anywhere to any one. It is characterized by the intensive use by businesses of ICT for the collection, storage, processing and transmission of information. The use of ICT is supported by supply of ICT products from an ICT-producing sector and through trade.

IE is comprised of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Sector and the Content and Media Sector.

Industries under ICT Sector are industries which fulfill and/or enable, by electronic means, the processing, communication, transmission and display of information. It excludes the industries which create the information.

Industries under Content and Media Sector are those which produce goods and services primarily intended to inform, educate and/or entertain humans through mass communication media. These industries are engaged in the production, publishing and/or distribution of content (information, cultural and entertainment products), where content corresponds to an organized message intended for human beings.


Source:  National Statistics Office
             Manila, Philippines
 

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