| ACC | Audio-visual Content Commission |
| AI | Artificial intelligence |
| ALMP | Active labour market policy |
| ANE | National Spectrum Agency Agencia Nacional del Espectro |
| ANTV | National Television Authority Autoridad Nacional de Televisión |
| AWS | Advanced Wireless Services |
| BPO | Business process outsourcing |
| C4IR | Centre for the 4th Industrial Revolution |
| CC | Communication Commission |
| CIDED | Intersectoral Commission for the Development of the Digital Economy Comisión Intersectorial para el Desarrollo de la Economía Digital |
| COP | Colombian peso |
| CRC | Commission for Communications Regulation Comisión de Regulación de Comunicaciones |
| CTDE | Centre for business digital transformation Centro de transformación digital empresarial |
| DNP | National Planning Department Departamento Nacional de Planeación |
| DSTRI | Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index |
| EME | Emerging market economy |
| ETCB | Estonian Tax and Customs Board |
| EU | European Union |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GHz | Gigahertz |
| GVC | Global value chain |
| FONTIC | Information Technologies and Communications Fund Fondo para las Tecnologías de Información y las Comunicaciones |
| FONTV | Fund for the Development of Television and Content |
| GB | Gigabyte |
| HEI | Higher education institution |
| ICT | Information and communication technology |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| ISP | Internet service provider |
| IT | Information technology |
| ITA | Information Technology Agreement (World Trade Organization) |
| IWG | Inter-Ministerial Working Group (Brazil) |
| IXP | Internet exchange point |
| km | Kilometre |
| LAC | Latin America and Caribbean |
| MB | Megabyte |
| Mbps | Megabits per second |
| MHz | Megahertz |
| MIDE | Model of Education Performance Indicators |
| MinCIT | Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo |
| MinTIC | Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies Ministerio de Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicaciones |
| MNO | Mobile network operator |
| MVNO | Mobile virtual network operator |
| NTM | Non-tariff measure |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PDP | Productivity development policy |
| PES | Public Employment Services |
| PISA | Programme for International Student Assessment (OECD) |
| PND | National Development Plan Plan Nacional de Desarrollo |
| PPP | Purchasing power parity |
| PTP | Productive Transformation Programme Programa de Transformación Productiva |
| QoS | Quality of service |
| R&D | Research and development |
| SEDPE | Company that specialises in electronic deposits and payments Sociedad especializada en depósitos y pagos electrónicos |
| SENA | National Training Service Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje |
| SIC | Superintendence of Industry and Commerce Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio |
| SMEs | Small and medium-sized enterprises |
| SNCCTI | National Competitiveness, Science, Technology and Innovation System |
| STI | Science, technology and innovation |
| USD | US dollar |
| TFI | Trade Facilitation Indicators |
| VAT | Value-added tax |
OECD Reviews of Digital Transformation: Going Digital in Colombia
