L’autorité colombienne de régulation des télécommunications doit être dotée de pouvoirs supplémentaires pour développer la concurrence, selon l’OCDE

La Colombie a beaucoup fait pour renforcer les règles régissant son secteur des télécommunications mais elle doit donner à son autorité de régulation davantage de pouvoir pour faire appliquer ces règles et ainsi développer la concurrence, notamment sur le marché très concentré de la téléphonie mobile, selon un nouveau rapport de l’OCDE.

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OECD Review of Telecommunication Policy and Regulation in Colombia

This review makes recommendations aimed at furthering regulatory reform and stimulating market competition and investment in the sector as a building block for the future development of the Colombian economy.

Consumer Policy Guidance for Mobile and Online Payments

This guidance addresses a number of key issues in the emerging mobile and online payment area, including the need to establish minimum levels of consumer protection across payment mechanisms, enhanced privacy and child protection, and standards for transparent and accessible information disclosures.

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• Report on Consumer Protection in Online and Mobile Payments (OECD Digital Economy Paper 204)
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The Internet in Transition: The State of the Transition to IPv6 in Today's Internet and Measures to Support the Continued Use of IPv4

This report considers the transition from IPv4 to IPv6 alongside the use of network technologies to prolong IPv4 use in the face of depletion of further IPv4 protocol addresses.

Insights blog: Beyond the first mile - Where your Internet comes from

In OECD countries, networks look like a mesh with multiple paths that can act as each other’s backup. In developing countries, however, communication networks often resemble rivers, with small branches of regional networks delivering their traffic to a central national backbone that ends at one submarine fibre, making cable cuts a greater risk to the functioning of the economy.

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• International Cables, Gateways, Backhaul and International Exchange Points

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In OECD countries, networks look like a mesh with multiple paths that can act as each other’s backup. In developing countries, however, communication networks often resemble rivers, with small branches of regional networks delivering their traffic to a central national backbone that ends at one submarine fibre, making cable cuts a greater risk to the functioning of the economy.

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• International Cables, Gateways, Backhaul and International Exchange Points

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Insights blog: The connected television debate in OECD countries

Today, anything with network access connected to a screen can serve as a television. A new OECD report looks into the impact these new devices and services have on telecommunications networks.

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The App Economy

Leading mobile platform providers have recently taken steps to improve transparency on how applications access personal data but more can be done to inform users and give them the ability to limit access. This paper provides an overview of the app economy and identifies emerging policy issues related to competition, consumer protection and skills development.

E-leaders meeting: ICT governance to deliver public value

On 29-30 October 2013, the OECD and the Swiss Federal IT Steering Unit (FITSU) are inviting government technology leaders to Bern, Switzerland, in order to advance the global policy agenda on ICT Governance to deliver Public Value.

Le Costa Rica adhère aux instruments juridiques de l’OCDE durant la visite du Secrétaire général de l’Organisation

Le Costa Rica a adhéré ce jour aux instruments juridiques de l’OCDE relatifs à la gouvernance de l’Internet et à la conduite des entreprises au plan international, démontrant ainsi sa volonté d’aligner ses politiques sur les meilleures pratiques en vigueur dans ces domaines et de coopérer plus étroitement avec l’Organisation.

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