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25-Apr-2006
The rollout of broadband Internet connectivity has allowed telecommunication, cable and satellite operators to offer an increasingly similar service blend of video, voice and data to subscribers. This paper sets out to provide an overview of developments across OECD countries in multiple play (triple play) services and some of the policy issues which may appear as more operators offer converged services. The analysis covers 87 firms in the 30 OECD countries. The appendix offers package and pricing details for 2-3 providers in each country.
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25-Apr-2006
This report analyses the disclosure issues raised by technically‑imposed restrictions on the use of digital content. It focuses on the application of copy control and digital rights management technologies in three areas: copy-protected CDs; online music, and DVD regional coding. In each of these areas, the report examines the kinds of restrictions that are commonly placed on usage of the products (for example, restrictions on making back-ups or private copies) and assesses the adequacy of the information that is provided to consumers concerning such restrictions.
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14-Apr-2006
Austria is in the middle of OECD countries in information and communication technology indicators. Policy aims to increase competitiveness and tackle market distortions and market failures by liberalising network services, incentives to private R&D, and initiatives for ICT skills and diffusion, but co-ordination remains a complex task.
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14-Apr-2006
Public sector information (PSI) is the raw material for applications across a wide range of industries. This study gives an overview of the main areas of PSI and their commercial applications, and addresses issues related to improving access to public sector content.
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13-Apr-2006
This paper provides an overview of the market for secondary domain names. Secondary domain name registrations and the growing markets for targeted Internet search advertising have given rise to a range of new practices and business models on the Internet.
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13-Apr-2006
RFID touches on several regulatory and/or policy issues with potentially wide-ranging social, economic, as well as national security implications, including international trade, intellectual property rights, standards, spectrum, security, and privacy.
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11-Apr-2006
In little more than a decade, following commercialisation, the Internet has become a critical and integral part of economic and social life. This has been made possible by the phenomenally successful growth of the Internet, as a network of networks. In 2005 more than 20 000 networks with independent routing policies provided connectivity for themselves and many millions of their customers' networks, supporting close to a billion users around the world.
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07-Dec-2005
What are the current cross-border uses of electronic authentication methods and methodologies? Which factors are fostering or impeding the national use of authentication technologies and digital signatures? This report analyses the answers provided by OECD member countries and includes a summary of their response.
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06-Dec-2005
Trust among the users of ICT networks is an increasing priority for business, industry and governments. This report reviews data available from official, semi-official and private sources which can assist in informing developments and progress in this area.
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22-Apr-2005
This report provides an overview of ICT skills and employment across OECD economies and analyses some of the impacts on economic performance. It presents a new approach to capturing the diffusion of ICTs in the economy. Two measures of ICT-skilled employment are developed, of ICT specialists and a broad measure capturing those people who use ICTs intensively to do their work (both basic and advanced intensive users), as well as specialists.
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