Understanding the Digital Divide (STI Digital Economy Paper 49)

The term "digital divide" refers to the gap between individuals, households, businesses and geographic areas at different socio-economic levels with regard to their opportunities to access information and communication technologies (ICTs).

ICT Standardisation in the New Global Context. Final Report (STI Digital Economy Paper 50)

The new global information infrastructure will prove effective only if it can guarantee high-speed transmission throughout the network of all kinds of data -- text, images, sound or video -- in a secure manner while preserving its integrity.

Telecommunications regulations: Institutional structures and responsibilities (STI Digital Economy Paper 48)

The liberalisation of telecommunication markets has required a new set of regulatory principles that can ensure fair competition in the marketplace.

Cellular Mobile Pricing Structures and Trends (STI Digital Economy Paper 47)

Mobile communications is one of the tremendous success stories of the telecommunications industry. By June 1999 there were 293 million mobile subscribers in the OECD area, or around one mobile phone for every four inhabitants.

The Contribution of ICTs to Output Growth: A Study of the G7 Countries (STI Working Paper 2000/2)

This paper deals with the contribution of information and communication technology (ICT) to economic growth and to labour and multi-factor productivity.

Online Advertising and Marketing Directed Toward Children (STI Digital Economy Paper 46)

OECD Committee on Consumer Policy Forum Session on Online Advertising and Marketing Directed toward Children, intended to provide information on how OECD Member countries are dealing with issues related to children and the Internet.

Electronic Commerce: Initial Survey of Unilateral Liberalisation and Facilitation Measures (STI Digital Economy Paper 45)

This paper reports initial results from a Secretariat survey of recent unilateral liberalisation and facilitation measures relevant to the growth of Internet-based electronic commerce.

A Global Action Plan for Electronic Commerce: Prepared by Business with Recommendations for Governments (STI Digital Economy Paper 44)

This second edition of the Global Action Plan for Electronic Commerce reflects a number of developments in the global discussions about electronic commerce since the first Global Action Plan was submitted.

A Review of Market Openness and Trade in Telecommunications (STI Digital Economy Paper 43)

The aim of this paper is twofold. First, to begin a policy and regulatory evaluation of developments in telecommunication market openness and second, it is aimed at stimulating reflection on the issues that may need to be examined to enhance market liberalisation and market openness.

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Conditional Access Systems: Implications for Access (STI Digital Economy Paper 42)

Digital television, whether delivered via terrestrial transmissions, via satellite transmissions, via cable, or via some other medium, will be an important component in the audio-visual market.