Abstract
Information and communication technologies come into all spheres of public life at different rates. This leads to the formation of digital gap between countries, regions in the same country and even social groups, and reduces the economic and social opportunities for those who lag behind. Using regional data from 2011-2018 on the coverage of the population with high-speed and reliable Internet access as an indicator of the digital divide, the influence of socio-economic and technological factors was studied. According to the results of regression model, the impact on the number of Internet subscribers in the region of urbanization and volume of costs for information and communication technologies has been confirmed. The influence of average per capita income and age structure of the population was not significant. It has been established that for inclusion in the model of the characteristics of the regional level of development of information and communication technologies, the most appropriate indicator is the volume of costs for paying for the services of third-party organizations and specialists in this area.
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