Measure/project Construction, management and maintenance of open broadband electronic communications networks. Amount of funding Period Target indicator EUR 62.5 million 2016-2020 Number of newly connected households in newly constructed broadband networks with a minimum speed of 100 Mb/s. 60,000 connections Promotion of access to information and communication technologies (ICT) in rural areas, and of their use and quality. EUR 10 million 2016-2020 Number of newly connected households in newly constructed broadband networks with a minimum speed of 30 Mb/s. 30,000 connections Upgrading the information system of infrastructure mapping. EUR 1 million 2016-2020 Upgraded system for analytics, monitoring of public resource utilisation, realisation of market interest and implementation of measures to reduce the costs of constructing broadband infrastructure. Incentive measures for introducing new technologies of terrestrial broadcasting of images and sound and the use of LTE technology for delivering digital content. EUR 0.7 million 2016-2020 HDTV and UHD TV technologies introduced DAB+ technology introduced Offer of Hbb TV services and themed radio programmes Range of digital media content in LTE networks 6.2 Innovative data-driven services 6.2.1 Importance of the Field The globalised digital society is increasingly based on the capacity to utilise large quantities of data (big data) for new products and services, for changing the existing and making new business models, for increasing efficiency and achieving economic benefits. Exceptional growth of scale, variability and diversity of big data offer development opportunities and challenges, which requires awareness of their economic and social value. The use of this digital potential can improve the competitiveness of the ICT and other industries, the quality of public services and the life of citizens. Analysing and processing of large volumes of data bring business opportunities for small and new businesses, while public administrations may, by opening up public data to all interested parties, allow for the development of new innovative services to improve public administration. In the digital society, big data are the fuel of the ICT sector, which can only be utilised by appropriate new skills, the opening up of public information, and the promotion of innovation and entrepreneurship, while bearing in mind a higher sensitivity in the treatment and protection of personal data. The role of technology related to big data will grow with the development of the future internet or the internet of things, faster communications and new information technologies. The release of big data’s digital potential for economic growth and social advantages accordingly requires the adoption of measures that will prepare Slovenian society and economy for new challenges and enable them to seize opportunities. This is particularly important because Slovenian and European economies lag 28 DIGITAL SLOVENIA 2020 - Development strategy for the information society until 2020