Competitiveness / Digital Agenda

This section feature research, opinion and progress reports on how the Czech Republic compares to other EU countries economically. It includes analysis of international rankings such as the WEF and World Bank.

Spotlight issue

18th September 2018 / Competitiveness / Digital Agenda


WEF and Deloitte’s report: Artificial Intelligence will significantly transform the financial services industry

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly changing the way financial institutions attract new customers and develop relationships with the current ones. Further enhancement of AI will require entirely new models of cooperation between today’s competitors and emerging players. These are the results of the World Economic Forum (WEF) and Deloitte’s report “The New Physics of Financial Services”.
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17th July 2018 / Competitiveness / Digital Agenda


EC Study on Broadband Coverage in Europe 2017

As of mid-2017, 98.4% of Czech homes were passed by at least one fixed broadband technology, slightly above the EU average of 97.4%. In rural areas, 95.1% rural households had access to fixed broadband services.
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10th July 2018 / Competitiveness / Digital Agenda


F. Salzgeber, ESA for brnoregion.com: "There are no space technologies as such."

"I think you have got a good combination of universities, research centers and innovation and technology centers which are literally just across the street. People can change buildings and faculties and keep even the coffee warm by running because it is so close together. Overall, there is a good environment here and I think we should not only go to the big cities because bright heads are spread across the country and also here in Brno," says Frank Salzgeber, Technology Transfer and Business Incubation Center at the European Space Agency in an interview for brnoregion.com.
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Members of the American Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic