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09 Apr 2010
Internet Addressing: Measuring Deployment of IPV6 Karine Perset
One of the major challenges for the future of the Internet is its ability to scale to connect billions of people and devices. A key part of scalability is the Internet Protocol (IP). The Internet Protocol specifies how communications take place between one device and another through an...
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08 Apr 2010
The Economic and Social Role of Internet Intermediaries Karine Perset
As the Internet has grown to permeate all aspects of the economy and society, so too has the role of Internet intermediaries that give access to, host, transmit and index content originated by third parties or provide Internet-based services to third parties. They enable a host of activities...
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170
23 Mar 2010
Developments in Cable Broadband Networks Hyun-Cheol Chung
The position of cable operators within the pay TV market has changed drastically in recent years.
Although video service remains core to the cable industry’s business model, cable TV’s market share has
been dropping significantly with intense competition from direct broadcast satellite services...
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169
18 Mar 2010
Wireless Broadband Indicator Methodology OECD
The wireless broadband methodology is the result of several rounds of contributions from, and indepth
discussions among, member countries. The new indicator will assist in informing policy makers and
other stakeholders in this increasingly important market segment. The OECD began collecting...
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168
29 Mar 2010
International Mobile Roaming Services OECD
The first report on international mobile roaming services ("International Mobile Roaming Charging in
the OECD Area", DSTI/ICCP/CISP(2009)8/FINAL), provided information on market development and
pricing of International Mobile Roaming Services (IMRS) in the OECD area. It found prices to...
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167
01 Dec 2009
Smart Sensor Networks OECD
This report gives an overview of sensor technology and fields of application of sensors and sensor networks. It discusses in detail selected fields of application that have high potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reviews studies quantifying the environmental impact.
The review of...
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166
21 Dec 2009
International Mobile Roaming Charging in the OECD Area Sam Paltridge, Yasuhiro Otsuka,
The aim of this report is to provide information and analysis on market developments and pricing in
international mobile roaming service (IMRS). While the wireless industry has witnessed spectacular developments in recent years, and is considered competitive in domestic markets, there is a...
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165
10 Dec 2009
Indicators of Broadband Coverage The aim of this report is to assist policy makers in providing an overview of how broadband physical
coverage and availability can be measured. It first summarises what data are available from official and
non-official sources. The approach taken by the report is to consider coverage and...
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164
09 Dec 2009
Network Developments in Support of Innovation and User Needs James Enck, Taylor Reynolds
This report makes a case for investment in a competitive, open-access national fibre-to-the-home network rollout based on potential spillovers in four key sectors of the economy: electricity, health, transportation and education.
This research offers a new approach to evaluating the costs of...
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163
17 Aug 2009
The Impact of the Crisis on ICTs and their Role in the Recovery Arthur Mickoleit, Christian Reimsbach-Kounatze, Cristina Serra-Vallejo, Graham Vickery, Sacha Wunsch-Vincent
The ICT industry had a tough start to 2009, with almost all first quarter indicators declining, often
very sharply. There are signs of recovery, with the rate of decline bottoming out and turning up in the most
recent cyclical data (May/June 2009), with positive month-on-month growth for most...
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162
30 July 2009
Measuring the Relationship between ICT and the Environment Sheridan Roberts
While the links between ICT and environmental outcomes are becoming clearer, there is no separate
statistical field that links the two. Nevertheless, some data are available from official statistical sources,
from analytical work and from product life cycle studies.
This paper suggests a...
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161
30 June 2009
Mobile Broadband Yasuhiro Otsuka
Although, the number of OECD countries that publish data on the number of mobile broadband
subscribers is not large, growth is significant in markets where data are available. This paper provides an
overview of prices, speeds and data caps of mobile broadband services. 99 and 58 operators in...
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160
11 June 2009
The Role of Digital Identity Management in the Internet Economy OECD
This primer aims to provide policy makers a broad-brush understanding of the various dimensions of digital identity management (IdM). Consistent with the Seoul Ministerial Declaration, it also aims to support efforts to address public policy issues for securely managing and protecting digital...
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159
01 June 2009
Policy Responses to the Economic Crisis Dominique Guellec, Sacha Wunsch-Vincent
The OECD is developing a strategic response to the crisis focusing on two priority areas: finance,
competition and governance; and restoring long-term growth. As part of this strategic response, the
OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry (DSTI) has analysed the likely impact of...
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158
10 June 2009
Information Economy Product Definitions Based on the Central Product Classification (version 2) OECD
Product classifications are used by statistical offices and others for a number of measurement
purposes. These include measurement of product usage, current and capital expenditure on products,
domestic production, and trade in goods and services. They are therefore an important element of a...
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157
04 June 2009
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) Byung-Wook Kwon
The focus of this paper is to provide an overview of developments in broadband power line
technologies and related policy issues. The electric power grid is a hostile environment for high-speed data
transmission, but after years of development, the technology to deliver high-speed data over the...
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156
02 June 2009
ENUM: Converging Telephone Numbers and Addresses in Next Generation Networks Thomas de Haan
The OECD Document "Convergence and Next Generation Networks" analysed developments in
Next Generation Networks (NGN), and the convergence of core and access networks. The aim of that
paper was to review areas where policy changes may be required and to put forward recommendations...
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155
22 May 2009
Towards Green ICT Strategies Christian Reimsbach-Kounatze
This survey analyses 92 government programmes and business initiatives across 22 OECD countries plus the European Commission. Fifty of these have been introduced by governments and the remaining 42 have been developed by business associations, mostly international. Over two-thirds of these...
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154
19 May 2009
The Role of Communication Infrastructure Investment in Economic Recovery Taylor Reynolds
Broadband networks are increasingly recognised as fundamental for economic and social
development. They serve as a communication and transaction platform for the entire economy and can
improve productivity across all sectors. Advanced communication networks are a key component of
innovative...
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152
15 Apr 2009
Network Externality Premiums and International Telecommunication Traffic Exchange OECD
The aim of this paper is to examine the economic impact of proposals to add a non-cost "premium" to
international telecommunication charges. This work follows up on earlier OECD work which examined
international traffic exchange. The paper concludes that attempts to use non-market methods, and...
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151
12 Jan 2009
The Influence of Market Developments and Policies on Telecommunication Investment Yoshikazu Okamoto
This paper assembles some evidence on developments in investment by incumbent and alternative telecommunications operators during the period 2000-2005. The quality of data on investment is not in general sufficient to clearly differentiate between investment by new entrants and investment by...
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150
18 June 2008
RFID Guidance and Reports OECD
This report contains policy and practical guidance principles to enhance business and consumer benefits from the use of RFID while proactively taking into account information security and privacy issues.
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18 June 2008
OECD Policy Guidance for Addressing Emerging Consumer Protection and Empowerment Issues in Mobile Commerce OECD
The policy guidance lays out the policy responses that need to be in place to ensure that consumers engaging in mobile commerce transactions are adequately informed, and are protected against security or privacy risks.
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148
18 June 2008
Shaping Policies for the Future of the Internet Economy OECD
This report has been developed to support the objectives of the OECD Ministerial Meeting on the Future of the Internet Economy (Seoul, 17-18 June 2008).
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147
18 June 2008
The Seoul Declaration for the Future of the Internet Economy OECD
This declaration was adopted at the conclusion of the June 2008 Ministerial meeting on the Future of the Internet Economy, held in Seoul. It contains recommendations on how to further the development of the "Internet economy" through multi-stakeholder co-operation.
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146
18 June 2008
Broadband and the Economy OECD
Broadband and networked ICTs are important in meeting health, demographic and environmental challenges, and policy plays an important role in expanding their use and enhancing their impact.
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145
18 June 2008
Internet Address Space OECD
This new report focuses on possible scenarios and on the need to deploy the newer version of the Internet Protocol, IP version 6 (IPv6).
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144
18 Apr 2008
RFID Applications, Impacts and Country Initiatives OECD
Radio frequency identification (RFID) is a promising new technology with a rapidly growing range of applications, many integrating technologies such as sensors. In this report, eight major fields of application are analysed, impacts are discussed and country initiatives described.
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143
15 July 2008
Public Rights of Way for Fibre Deployment to the Home OECD
This paper examines the policies to obtain public rights-of-way permits in a number of OECD countries and access to ducts, which may act to slow down the pace of fibre roll-out in local access market, and suggests the policy options available.
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142
03 Apr 2008
Developments in Fibre Technologies and Investment OECD
This paper provides an overview of developments in optical fibre communication technology and investment. It finds that the costs of deploying these networks are significant and that the monthly prices subscribers will pay will be highly dependent on take-up rates.
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141
04 Feb 2008
Global Opportunities for Internet Access Developments OECD
The Internet has been remarkably successful in developing greater communication access for the first billion users. This report seeks to address the question of where new Internet users will come from and to examine the large shifts in communications policy.
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140
29 Jan 2008
Measuring Security and Trust in the Online Environment OECD
This paper reviews available official statistics on trust and security in the online environment. It discusses whether security concerns are an obstacle to Internet use and examines how people and companies protect their equipment and networks.
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139
30 Jan 2008
Measuring User-Created Content: Implications for the ICT Access and Use by Households and Individuals Surveys OECD
This paper reviews recent measurement work on User-Created Content (UCC) undertaken in OECD countries.
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138
14 Jan 2008
Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) OECD
The deployment of RFID brings significant economic promise. But is RFID sufficiently secure and privacy-friendly ? This paper clarifies the capabilities and limitations of RFID, identifies the associated security and privacy challenges, and suggests measures that can be implemented to address them.
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19 Dec 2007
IPTV: Market Developments and Regulatory Treatment OECD
This paper examines current market trends and regulation for IPTV and also provides information on developments in the provision of IPTV service in a number of OECD countries.
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136
04 Jan 2008
Measuring the Impacts of ICT Using Official Statistics OECD
Policy makers everywhere want to know about the social and economic impacts of ICT. The aim of this paper is to examine statistical issues associated with their measurement and to suggest areas for future work.
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135
21 Dec 2007
Broadband and ICT Access and Use by Households and Individuals OECD
This study analyses the use of Internet and broadband in detail, showing that people’s socio-economic standing have a direct bearing on how they are used.
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134
27 Oct 2007
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Implementation in Germany OECD
RFID technology is increasingly used in a wide range of tracking and tracing applications. This study compares the implementation of RFID across a broad range of sectors, drawing on interviews with early adopters of RFID technology in Germany.
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133
25 July 2007
Catching up in Broadband - What Will it Take? OECD
Can governments elevate their broadband performance rankings? This paper aims to identify the factors that are significant in driving broadband penetration.
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132
26 July 2007
Report on Second Roundtable on Economics for Consumer Policy OECD
Report on the 2nd Roundtable on Economics for Consumer Policy, held in October 2006, to consider the economic theories of information disclosure with a focus on two major industry sectors – telecommunications and financial services.
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06 July 2007
Report on OECD Member Countries' Approaches to Consumer Contracts OECD
This report covers the four issues most often raised by consumer contracts: misrepresentation; the seller's duty to supply information to the consumer; suitability, or "know your customer" rules; and protection against unsolicited offers and pressure sales tactics.
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08 Feb 2007
Development of Policies for Protection of Critical Information Infrastructures OECD
The 2006 OECD study offers an analysis of the CII security policies in four countries: Canada, Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States - with a focus on the drivers for and challenges to their development.
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29 Mar 2007
ICTs and Gender OECD
This paper shows ICT and ICT-related employment, ICT-related education and training, and ICT access and use by gender.
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128
29 Mar 2007
Is China the New Centre for Offshoring of IT and ICT-Enabled Services? OECD
This paper analyses developments in IT and ICT-enabled services offshoring to China and the potential for further growth.
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127
23 Mar 2007
Fixed-Mobile Convergence OECD
This paper provides an overview of the evolution towards fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) and of some related regulatory and policy issues such as numbering and interconnection.
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126
15 Jan 2007
Mobile Multiple Play OECD
This paper provides an overview of the evolution in mobile multiple play services (voice, data and video).
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125
22 Jan 2007
The Spectrum Dividend OECD
After analogue TV signals are switched off with the shift to digital transmission (analogue switchoff), a significant amount of spectrum bandwidth is expected to be freed-up, potentially making it available for other applications rather than replicating the similar quality analogue TV...
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124
16 Jan 2007
Mobile Commerce OECD
Mobile commerce is a promising market both for consumers and businesses. However, consumer troubles and complaints are increasing and can sometimes become serious, including issues for minors.
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12 Jan 2007
Policy Considerations for Audio-visual Content Distribution in a Multiplatform Environment OECD
Convergence is at present a key factor in developments underlying the electronic communications sector.1 The public can see, speak and listen using various media operating over all kinds of networks.
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19 Oct 2006
Potential Impacts of International Sourcing on Different Occupation OECD
This paper uses trade and employment data to examine the relationship between the share of
employment potentially affected by offshoring and economic and structural factors, including trade in
business services and foreign direct investment, using simple descriptive regressions for a panel of...
