Information Infrastructures: Their Impact and Regulatory Requirements

Convergence and new communication technologies are leading to significant changes in the communication landscape. Countries are beginning to review their policies and the regulatory requirements raised by information infrastructures. The report r...

Alternative Local Loop Technologies: A Review (STI Digital Economy Paper 24)

This paper provides an overview of the economic and policy implications of various technologies available to provide local telecommunication access.

Local Telecommunication Competition: Developments and Policy Issues

By the beginning of 1996, eight OECD countries had liberalised the provision of public switched telecommunication networks (PSTN) in their markets. In the other 18 OECD countries the incumbent public telecommunication operator (PTO) had the sole ...

Access and Pricing for Information Infrastructure Services: Communication Tariffication, Regulation and the Internet

The OECD, together with the European Commission (DGXIII), and COMTEC (Dublin City University), held a workshop on the pricing and regulation of Internet in Dublin on the 20th and 21 June 1996.

Mobile Cellular Communication: Pricing Strategies and Competition (STI Digital Economy Paper 23)

Competition is driving growth of mobile telecommunication into new markets, particularly personal communication markets.

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