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06-mai-2008
This new publication analyses how film and video industry value chains and business models are being changed by news ways of creating, distributing and using digital content. It explores how digital content affects the function and position of participants along the commercial industry value chain, and the policy implications of these changes.
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29-avr.-2008
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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24-avr.-2008
Cette publication présente des données détaillées sur l'activité industrielle des multinationales dans les pays de l'OCDE. A l'ère de la mondialisation, ces données soulignent l'importance croissante des multinationales dans les économies des pays d'accueil.
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04-avr.-2008
Users' bandwidth demands continue to increase over time and this is leading Internet service providers and telecommunication operators to find ways to meet these growing network capacity requirements. Operators have spent the previous 20 years extending fibre backbones out to local main distribution frames but now many are working on pushing fibre ever closer to end-users in order to improve capacity. This paper provides an overview of developments in optical fibre communication technology and investment.
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04-avr.-2008
Fibre network deployments in the last mile are viewed as a key technology for communications access in the high-speed broadband market providing capacity that is symmetric and can support multiple play services. One factor which can slow the pace of fibre investment in the local loop is the cost associated with legal and regulatory procedures in obtaining permits for access to streets, roads, and other public lands as well as barriers to access existing ducts.
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13-mars-2008
L’internationalisation des activités de science et de technologie a pris une plus grande importance au cours de la période récente. Plus spécialement, l’internationalisation de la R-D industrielle par les firmes multinationales se trouve au centre de ces développements. Le rôle et la stratégie des firmes multinationales en matière de R-D soulèvent de nouvelles questions non seulement pour les firmes elles-mêmes mais également pour les décisions politiques. Ce document expose les faits et les tendances qui se dégagent à partir des données disponibles.
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03-mars-2008
This paper discusses the relationship between the development of digital identity management and the concept of personhood, and the broader links to trust in the information society. It concludes that more investigation is needed to address gaps in international data protection in light of the emergent identity infrastructure.
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13-févr.-2008
Le « contenu créé par l'utilisateur » (CCU) en ligne est devenu un domaine
significatif d'activité économique et sociale qui mérite d'être pris en compte dans les mesures officielles. Ce document examine les travaux de mesure de CCU qui se développent actuellement dans les pays de l'OCDE.
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13-févr.-2008
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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13-févr.-2008
The Internet, in little more than a decade following its commercialisation, has been remarkably successful in developing greater opportunities for communication access for the first billion users. The challenge for all stakeholders is to expand the economic and social opportunities, made possible by the Internet, for the next several billion users. This report seeks to address the question of where these users will come from and to examine the large shifts in communications policy which are enabling this to be a practical possibility.
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