The Impact of the Crisis on ICTs and their Role in the Recovery (OECD Digital Economy Paper 163)

This paper suggests a conceptual framework for the new statistical field "ICT and the environment" based on an existing OECD framework for information society statistics.

Mobile broadband: Pricing and services (OECD Digital Economy Paper 161)

Mobile broadband growth is significant in markets where data are available. Although data on mobile broadband is not yet easily available, this paper provides an overview of prices, speeds and data caps of mobile broadband services.

The role of digital identity management in the Internet economy: A primer for policy makers (OECD Digital Economy Paper 160)

This paper aims to provide policy makers a broad-brush understanding of the various dimensions of digital identity management (IdM).

Information Economy Product Definitions Based on the Central Product Classification (Version 2) (OECD Digital Economy Paper 158)

This document presents the OECD Definitions of Information Economy Products: the ICT products definition and Content and media products definition.

Broadband over power lines (BPL): Developments and policy issues (OECD Digital Economy Paper 157)

The focus of this paper is to provide an overview of developments in broadband power line technologies and related policy issues.

ENUM: Converging telephone numbers and addresses in next generation networks (OECD Digital Economy Paper 156)

This paper provides an overview of developments in numbering, naming and addressing in the context of Next Generation Networks (NGN) with a focus on ENUM (tElephone NUmber Mapping).

Policy Responses to the Economic Crisis: Investing in Innovation for Long-Term Growth (OECD Digital Economy Paper 159)

This report warns that innovation risks being hit hard by the economic crisis as the capital to finance it grows scarce.

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Towards Green ICT Strategies: Assessing Policies and Programmes on ICT and the Environment (OECD Digital Economy Paper 155)

This report analyses government programmes and business initiatives on ICT and the environment to address environmental challenges, particularly global warming and energy use.

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The role of communication infrastructure investment in economic recovery (OECD Digital Economy Paper 154)

This paper argues that policy makers need to evaluate the costs and benefits of any public investment in telecommunication infrastructure and select projects which can stimulate current demand but simultaneously expand the productive capacity of the economy in the longer term.

Network externality premiums and international telecommunication traffic exchange (OECD Digital Economy Paper 152)

This paper examines the economic impact of proposals to add a non-cost “premium” to international telecommunication charges. This work follows up on earlier OECD work which examined international traffic exchange.