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INFORMATION MEDIA AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS (IMT) COMPARED TO INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT)

The Information Media and Telecommunications (IMT) Division is defined by the industry classification, ANZSIC 2006. The main purpose of the detailed IMT component collected as part of the 2013-14 Economic Activity Survey (EAS) was to provide updated product level estimates for use in the National Accounts and Input-Output tables published annually by the ABS.

The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector is not defined in ANZSIC. The IMT component of the EAS survey does not attempt to measure the ICT sector, although there may be some overlap. The below table displays the ANZSIC06 classes which were in scope of the last ICT survey, which ran in 2006-07: Information and Communication Technology, Australia, 2006-07 survey (cat. no. 8126.0) compared to the scope of the IMT component of the EAS 2013-14 collection.

Scope differences between ICT Sector and IMT Industry(a)
Information and Communication Technology, Australia, 2006-07 (cat. no. 8126.0)		Information Media and Telecommunications Services, Australia, 2013-14 (cat. no. 8681.0)
2421, Computer and electronic office equipment manufacturing
2422, Communication equipment manufacturing
2429, Other electronic equipment manufacturing
3492, Computer and computer peripheral wholesaling
3493, Telecommunication goods wholesaling
3494, Other electrical and electronic goods wholesaling
		5411, Newspaper publishing
		5412, Magazine and other periodical publishing
		5413, Book publishing
		5414, Directory and mailing list publishing
		5419, Other publishing (except software, music and internet)
5420, Software publishing		5420, Software publishing
		5511, Motion picture and video production
		5512, Motion picture and video distribution
		5513, Motion picture exhibition
		5514, Post-production service and other motion picture and video activities
		5521, Music publishing
		5522, Music and other sound recording activities
		5610, Radio broadcasting
		5621, Free-to-air television broadcasting
		5622, Cable and other subscription broadcasting
		5700, Internet publishing and broadcasting
5801, Wired telecommunications network operation		5801, Wired telecommunications network operation
5802, Other telecommunications network operation		5802, Other telecommunications network operation
5809, Other telecommunications services		5809, Other telecommunications services
5910, Internet service providers and web search portals		5910, Internet service providers and web search portals
5921, Data processing and web hosting services		5921, Data processing and web hosting services
5922, Electronic information storage services		5922, Electronic information storage services
		6010, Libraries and archives
		6020, Other information services
7000, Computer system design and related services
9422, Electronic (except domestic appliance) and precision equipment repair and maintenance
(a) The classes in bold italics are common in scope across both surveys.

• consider the definitions used for key terms such as ICT and ICT statistics;
• identify priority information requirements;
• identify data gaps, overlaps and limitations of existing data sources;
• examine options for use of administrative data sets;
• develop a proposal to effectively measure the contribution of the ICT sector to the Australian economy.