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<title><![CDATA[OECD Insights: Stimulating competition through open access networks]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Even though the term “open access” is widely used in policy discussions surrounding broadband networks, there is little universal agreement as to what it means. A new OECD report helps to shed some light on this important concept by examining how and why open access policies have been implemented in communication markets around the world.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD broadband statistics update]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The OECD has just released an update on broadband penetration rates as of June 2012. It finds that mobile broadband subscriptions have reached nearly 700 million in OECD countries. Switzerland and Korea continue to top the OECD ranking for fixed and wireless broadband. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Development and Diffusion of Digital Content]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Viewers are watching a growing share of video via Internet-based distribution systems. New digital content distribution services are having appreciable impacts on established media industries and network service providers in many OECD countries. This paper argues that convergence should be taken as the rule, rather than the exception. Careful application of best practices can address most policy concerns.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 10:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD events at the Internet Governance Forum 2012 (Baku, Azerbaijan)]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[OECD events at the Internet Governance Forum 2012 (Baku, Azerbaijan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 09:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fixed and Mobile Networks: Substitution, Complementarity and Convergence (OECD Digital Economy Paper 206)]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Mobile providers have garnered a very large share of traditional services, such as telephony, over the past decade. Nevertheless, mobile networks are dependent on fixed networks and could not efficiently meet the rapidly expanding demand of users without the contributions made by fixed broadband networks.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Methodology for Constructing Wireless Broadband Price Baskets (OECD Digital Economy Paper 205)]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The OECD has adopted a new basket methodology for benchmarking wireless broadband prices. It adds to the existing baskets for voice, leased lines and fixed broadband services and reflects the increasing importance of wireless broadband for laptops, tablets and smartphones.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Universal Service Policies in the Context of National Broadband Plans (OECD Digital Economy Paper 203)]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This report discusses the main areas in which national strategies to expand broadband networks affect universal service objectives, proposes criteria to rethink the terms of universal service policies, and shares the latest developments across a selected group of OECD countries.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Switzerland tops fixed broadband ranking, while Korea leads in wireless broadband]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Switzerland tops for the first time the OECD fixed broadband ranking, with 39.9 subscribers per 100 inhabitants, followed closely by the Netherlands (39.1) and Denmark (37.9). The OECD average is 25.6, according to new OECD statistics.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 11:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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