IT Services and the Digital Transformation of the Regions with High Concentration of Single-Industry Towns Towards Smart City

The article examines the level of digital transformation towards a smart city concept. The authors consider the micro data of Kemerovo, Sverdlovsk and Chelyabinsk regions by single-industry towns including revenues, fixed assets and payroll of the enterprises of IT services and of the core industry. The research proves that IT services are more active in more diversified towns; the revenues of IT services are determined by fixed assets, wages of the core industry and population density of a single-industry town. The higher unemployment negatively affects the development of IT services, that becomes a barrier to digital transformation.