Handbook on Hedonic Indexes and Quality Adjustments in Price Indexes: Special Application to Information Technology Products (STI Working Paper 2004/9)

This handbook reviews the methods employed in price indexes to adjust for quality change: “conventional” quality adjustment methods and hedonic price indexes.

OECD Launches Anti-Spam Toolkit and Invites Public Contributions

The OECD has launched an Anti-Spam “Toolkit” as the first step in a broader initiative to help policy makers, regulators and industry restore trust in the Internet and e-mail.

Development of third-generation mobile services in the OECD (STI Digital Economy Paper 85)

The commercialisation of Third Generation (3G) mobile services in the OECD has been delayed for a number of reasons. These include the delay in delivery of 3G terminal equipment, other technological problems and the financial crises affecting the telecommunications industry

OECD Task Force zur Koordinierung der Bekämpfung von Spam

Die OECD-Länder haben eine Arbeitsgruppe eingesetzt, um die Anstrengungen der Regierungen, der Wirtschaft und Zivilgesellschaft im Kampf gegen unerwünschte E-mail-Zusendungen (Spam) zu ordnen und eine umfassende und strategische Antwort auf die durch Spam hervorgerufenen Probleme zu finden.

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OECD Task Force to Coordinate Fight against Spam

OECD countries have set up a task force to marshal the efforts of government, business and civil society in the most comprehensive, strategic and inclusive response to date to the problems posed by unsolicited e-mail messages, or spam.

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Generic top level domain names: market development and allocation issues (STI Digital Economy Paper 84)

The Domain Name System’s need to have unique identifiers, and a consequent need for there to be a single registry for each name, means that any registry can exercise a degree of monopoly power over the domain for which it has responsibility.

The implications of convergence for regulation of electronic communications (STI Digital Economy Paper 83)

Digital technologies and the diffusion of new transmission technologies have increased the number of platforms capable of providing video transmission, and have also altered the traditional characteristics of broadcasting.

Peer to Peer Networks in OECD Countries (STI Digital Economy Paper 82)

The number of people logged on simultaneously to popular file sharing networks approached close to 10 million in April 2004, a rise of 30% from the same period a year earlier, according to this OECD report.

Report on non-OECD Countries’ Spam Legislation (OECD Digital Economy Paper 81)

This report on anti-spam legislation in OECD non-member countries was originally prepared for the Brussels OECD Workshop on Spam and was updated following the workshop to include more non-member country information in April 2004.

The development of broadband access in rural and remote areas (STI Digital Economy Paper 80)

As the development of broadband access builds momentum, policy makers are increasingly turning their attention to the availability of these services in rural and remote areas.