This article describes the development of economic and innovative potential for information and communication technologies sector (ICT), which includes mobile technologies, and answers the questions related to their influence on the development process in the Ural region and the country as well. At the present time the information technologies take its place in every aspect of social life. Mobile devices are used in business, financial and public sector, education. In the information age, most of the people have started using mobile technologies more often not just in everyday life, but also for professional purposes.