Internet address space: economic considerations in the management of IPv4 and in the deployment of IPv6 (STI Digital Economy Paper 145)

This report focuses on possible scenarios and on the need to deploy the newer version of the Internet Protocol, IP version 6 (IPv6).

The Seoul Declaration for the Future of the Internet Economy (STI Digital Economy Paper 147)

This declaration was adopted at the conclusion of the June 2008 Ministerial meeting on the Future of the Internet Economy, held in Seoul. It contains recommendations on how to further the development of the “Internet economy” through multi-stakeholder co-operation.

Related Documents

• The Future of the Internet Economy OECD Ministerial Meeting (Seoul, Korea, 17-18 June 2008)

Broadband and the Economy (STI Digital Economy Paper 146)

Broadband and networked ICTs are important in meeting health, demographic and environmental challenges, and policy plays an important role in expanding their use and enhancing their impact.

OECD Policy Guidance for Addressing Emerging Consumer Protection and Empowerment Issues in Mobile Commerce (STI Digital Economy Paper 149)

The policy guidance lays out the policy responses that need to be in place to ensure that consumers engaging in mobile commerce transactions are adequately informed, and are protected against security or privacy risks.

Policy Brief: The Future of the Internet Economy

The Internet has, in a short space of time, become fundamental to the global economy. More than a billion people worldwide use it, both at work and in their social lives. Over the past three decades it has grown from an experimental research network and now underpins a range of new economic activities as well as activities and infrastructures that support our economies, from financial markets and health services to energy and

Public rights of way for fibre deployment to the home (STI Digital Economy Paper 143)

This paper examines the policies to obtain public rights-of-way permits in a number of OECD countries and access to ducts, which may act to slow down the pace of fibre roll-out in local access market, and suggests the policy options available.

Developments in fibre technologies and investment (STI Digital Economy Paper 142)

This paper provides an overview of developments in optical fibre communication technology and investment. Specifically, the paper finds that the costs of deploying these networks are significant and that the monthly prices subscribers will pay will be highly dependent on take-up rates.

Global opportunities for Internet access developments (STI Digital Economy Paper 141)

The Internet has been remarkably successful in developing greater communication access for the first billion users. This report seeks to address the question of where new Internet users will come from and to examine the large shifts in communications policy.

Ask the economists: Internet & development - towards a Wider World Web?

What benefits would the Internet bring to the developing world? A live online question and answer session is taking place now until 16.00 Paris time (15.00 GMT) on Thursday 21 February 2008.

Measuring Security and Trust in the Online Environment: A View Using Official Data (STI Digital Economy Paper 140)

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.