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Telecoms reform would boost competition and growth in Mexico, says OECD

31-Jan-2012

Mexico should quickly reform the laws and regulations governing its telecommunications sector to boost competition and investment and drive growth across the economy, according to a new OECD report.

Internet economy: wireless subscribers drive broadband growth, says OECD

01-Dec-2011

Demand from new wireless subscribers is driving growth in high-speed Internet in OECD countries but the latest data show a slowdown in fixed broadband subscriptions in the first half of 2011.

OECD workshop on broadband metrics

from 12-Oct-2011 to 13-Oct-2011

The focus of this event held in Washington, DC, was discussion of a new approach to harmonizing broadband and Internet economy metrics.

Internet economy: Wireless broadband subscriptions top half a billion, says OECD

22-Jun-2011

The fast-growing popularity of smartphones and tablet PCs is driving growth in mobile broadband services.

Next Generation Access Networks and Market Structures

22-Jun-2011

This report focuses on developments in broadband market structures emerging from the deployment of high-speed broadband services and the policy and regulatory implications. The aim is to underline good practices for policy and regulation. An annex contains selected country descriptions and background information drawn on for this report.

Fibre Access – Network Developments in the OECD Area

22-Jun-2011

The  report examines the use of fibre to provide local access networks for the provision of broadband access. Countries across the OECD are adopting different approaches to stimulate investment and to define the terms of competition to end-users in a fibre to the home or building world.

High-level meeting on the Internet Economy: Generating Innovation and Growth

from 28-Jun-2011 to 29-Jun-2011

The aim of this meeting is to reach a consensus on how best to ensure the continued growth and innovation of the Internet economy. The meeting follows up on the OECD Ministerial Meeting on The Future of the Internet Economy held in June 2008 and the Seoul Declaration adopted at that meeting.

More effective competition and better regulation needed to cut high mobile data roaming costs, says OECD

08-Jun-2011

Regulators and policy makers should boost competition among mobile telephone operators to cut the high prices being charged for international data roaming, according to this new report. Analysis of pricing plans at 68 operators in the 34 OECD countries points to a strong case for new consumer protection and empowerment measures.

The real cost of the Internet and telephone shutdown in Egypt

04-Feb-2011

The Egyptian government has taken great steps in the past years to develop and promote the use and uptake of technologies. But the recent shutdown of Internet and communications services will have a pronounced economic impact.

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The most recent comparable data on communication sector performance. New edition released June 2011.

OECD Communications Outlook 2011

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