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E-commerce and digital marketplaces and Telecommunications

E-commerce and digital marketplaces buys from Telecommunications; E-commerce and digital marketplaces depends on telecommunications.

E-commerce and digital marketplaces (industry) and Telecommunications (industry): 2 relationships.

How they are linked

1. Buys from

Physical flow · ₹0.7 per ₹100 · E-commerce and digital marketplaces buys from Telecommunications

E-commerce and digital marketplaces buys goods or services from Telecommunications; counted through every round of supply, ₹0.7 of each ₹100 of its output goes to them (OECD input-output tables, India 2022).

  • ₹0.7 of every ₹100 of E-commerce and digital marketplaces output, all rounds
  • ₹0.4 bought directly

2. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 4 of 5 · Telecommunications → E-commerce and digital marketplaces

1 of the enterprise types in E-commerce and digital marketplaces depend on telecommunications.

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Cloud and hosting providers: Backbone connectivity (criticality 4 of 5)

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.