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

Biotechnology Statistics in OECD Member Countries: An Inventory (STI Working Paper 2004/8)

This document reflects recent efforts made by the OECD to obtain an accurate assessment of the current state of biotechnology statistics in OECD member and observer countries.

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.

Human Resources in Science and Technology in India and the International Mobility of Highly Skilled Indians (STI Working Paper 2004/7)

This paper provides estimates of the stocks and flows of human resources HRST in India, and their breakdown by education and occupation. It provides estimates of the number of highly skilled people moving to India and out of India in the 1990s, mainly to the US.

OECD-DRC-SIPO High-level Workshop on IPR, Beijing, China, April 2004

Final agenda of the SIP-DRC Workshop on IPR in Beijing, China held on 20-21 April 2004.

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