Communications
Information and communications technology (ICT) is a broad range of industries comprising technologies related to communications media (including wireless signals) and computers, including software, apps, digital platforms, data storage, management and dissemination, and audiovisual systems. ICT gadgets, conduits and platforms include “the Internet, wireless networks, cell phones, and other communication mediums.” These technologies and their related systems together support the access, storage, transmission and management of information and devices. This means that a region’s ICT capacity reflects its ability to build the critical physical, digital and human infrastructure to support a wide spectrum of activities across all sectors in a knowledge-driven economy.
In this section, we examine changes in Niagara’s ICT sector, comparing trends in the region with those of Ontario and Canada as a whole over a 20-year period (2001 to 2022). Click on the photo or caption below to read or download the full work.
