The intensification of global competition and the development of information and communication technologies (ICTs) lead to major changes in the economies of the CIS, which can be described as deindustrialization. Today, despite the crisis, there is rapid growth of information sector of the economy, which causes significant changes in the labor market and socio-economic dynamics of the states. ICTs are central to the renewal and restructuring of key areas: production, transport, commerce, education, healthcare, government, industry and recreation shows, catering, household and leisure, media, social services, urban management, social and cultural life . All this makes the necessary improvement and further development of not only statistics, communication and information, but also a system for collecting and processing information. The project aims - the establishment of the Expert - Center, attracting leading experts in the field of telecommunications and the economy for the analysis of the trends in the ICT sector

Expert Center "ELCOM" - a voluntary association of highly qualified specialists, the purpose of which is to carry out expert assessments, analysis and forecasting of development in ICT, telecommunications, innovation and the economy.

The purpose of creating an Expert-Center "ELCOM"- the formation of groups of highly qualified experts in the telecommunications industry to analyze the markets of telecommunications services, to provide ICT researches in the field of technical, technological infrastructure and economics of telecommunications

The Center aims to research and analysis:

• modern technology trends of design and construction of networks, introduction of software and hardware platforms and communication systems
• developments on the introduction of new types of telecommunication services and applications
• main directions of development of telecommunication networks
• national and international networks of exchange traffic
• convergence and management of new technologies and services
• promising solutions for NGN, 3G, 4G, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, LTE, Femtocell Technology
• directions of the integration of fixed and mobile networks, traditional TDM, DWDM, and VoIP services
• convergence of IP-based integration of data, voice, video and multimedia applications
• development of competition and the definition of operators with significant market power
• methodologies for studying the markets of telecommunications services
• telecommunications services market of Ukraine and CIS
• trends and prospects for implementation of tariff regulation
• problems of access to telekommuikatsionnym networks and equipment
• problems of implementation of EU legislation in the telecommunications industry
• antitrust regulation of mergers and acquisitions in the telecommunications industry
• regulatory implications of next generation networks and other novih advances in telecommunications
• problems of conversion frequency and distribution of radio spectrum
• performance of the Information Society, e-documents, e-commerce, e-education and management
• national programs, projects and development plans in the telecommunications and ICT

An expert of Center "ELCOM" is an open organization, which, on a voluntary basis can be free to join everyone to support the construction and development of civilized andhigh-tech information society

The results of the study researches an Expert-Center "ELCOM" monthly will be publishing on our website