High-level meeting on the Internet Economy: Generating Innovation and Growth (Paris, 28-29 June 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. It follows up on the OECD Ministerial Meeting on The Future of the Internet Economy held in Seoul in June 2008.

The Future of the Internet Economy: A Statistical Profile, 2011 update

This document compares major trends in the diffusion of the Internet across OECD and selected non-OECD countries. It shows how the Internet is changing people’s lives and business behaviours, increasing productivity, stimulating innovation and opening new opportunities.

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• The Future of the Internet Economy: A Statistical Profile, 2011 update: Data files for pp. 7-18
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National Broadband Plans (OECD Digital Economy Paper N° 181)

This report examines broadband plans across the OECD area, providing an overview of common elements and goals in those plans. An annex to this report contains references and links to the plans.

Next Generation Access Networks and Market Structures (OECD Digital Economy Paper N° 183)

This report focuses on developments in broadband market structures emerging from the deployment of high-speed broadband services and the policy and regulatory implications.

Fibre Access – Network Developments in the OECD Area (OECD Digital Economy Paper N° 182)

The report examines the use of fibre to provide local access networks for the provision of broadband access.

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

Regulators and policy makers should boost competition among mobile telephone operators to cut the high prices being charged for international data roaming, according to a new OECD report.

International Mobile Data Roaming (OECD Digital Economy Paper 180)

Analysis of pricing plans at 68 operators in the 34 OECD countries reveals extremely high average roaming charges and points to a strong case for new consumer protection and empowerment measures, according to this report.

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• More effective competition and better regulation needed to cut high mobile data roaming costs, says OECD
• Developments in Mobile Termination (OECD Digital Economy Paper 193)

Financial regulation and consumer protection

Watch this recording of the 2011 OECD Forum session on financial regulation and consumer protection with Ted Menzies, Steingrimur J. Sigfússon, Federico Ghizzoni, Marilena Lazzarini, John Hope Bryant and Renato Flores.

Innovation and stimulating change in business practice and consumer behaviour

Watch this recording of the 2011 OECD Forum session on innovation and stimulating change with Simon Brooks, European Investment Bank; Marie-Louise Knuppert, Danish Confederation of Trade Unions; and Björn Stigson, World Business Council for Sustainable Development.

The Protection of Children Online: Risks Faced by Children Online and Policies to Protect Them (OECD Digital Economy Paper 179)

As increasing numbers of children worldwide enjoy the benefits of the Internet, they also face a spectrum of risks to which they are more vulnerable than adults. This report examines these risks as well as the policy responses of governments to improve the protection of children online.

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• Protecting children online