Suggested Use
- Due to differences in the setup of the physical backbone of each region’s ICT infrastructure, comparing the raw levels of our measures between regions (between variation) is not advised.
- The value of the Global ICT Intel product comes from the hourly and daily, time-varying signal at the given regional-level ( within variation). As such it is ideally suited to be combined with other time-series (e.g. few-hourly, daily, weekly, monthly) data from the respective region.
- If a comparison of changes in ICT infrastructure between geographic regions is desired, a good approach would be to simply build the first differences of our measures at the regional level and compare, or, to use the pre-prepared index values as given.
- Given the high-frequency of the Global ICT Intel product, it is well suited to detect shocks to a region’s ICT infrastructure. These shocks can include electricity outages, political events, violent conflict, natural disasters, or sovereign suppression activities.