Broadband and telecom

The digital economy now permeates countless aspects of the world economy, impacting sectors as varied as banking, retail, energy, transportation, education, publishing, media or health. Information and Communication Technologies are transforming the ways social interactions and personal relationships are conducted, with fixed, mobile and broadcast networks converging, and devices and objects increasingly connected to form the Internet of things.

This page presents events organised by the OECD at the annual Internet Governance Forum (IGF) and links to OECD reports related to Internet governance such as security, privacy, universal access, consumer protection, or broader information economy issues.

This high-level meeting held in June 2011 built upon the OECD Ministerial on The Future of the Internet Economy held in Seoul, Korea three years earlier. Drawing together leaders from all stakeholder communities, this new meeting aimed to continue fostering the development of the Internet economy.