ISBN: 978-92-64-08645-6 |
The Internet is now a fundamental infrastructure supporting the economy and is firmly in its second stage of development, having evolved from a data network connecting PCs with wires to a much broader network of new portable devices from mobile phones to tablet computers. It is also on the cusp of a much larger expansion to objects that typically did not have communications capabilities: the “Internet of things” is projected to have more connections than the people using them. This raises many important socio-economic and political issues for stakeholders to consider, as economies and societies become increasingly inter-meshed. |
Introduction. Expanding connectivity and measuring the Internet economy
Chapter 1. ICTs, the Internet and the crisis: Macro trends
Chapter 2. Internet trends and development
Chapter 3. Internet adoption and use: Households and individuals
Chapter 4. Internet adoption and use: Businesses
Chapter 5. Developments in digital content
Chapter 6. ICTs for health and ageing
Chapter 7. Security and privacy
Chapter 8. Government priorities and policy developments
Annex. Methodological considerations
Wireless Internet access overtaking fixed broadband subscriptions
Internet access in OECD households, 2011 or latest available year
Broadband connections in OECD households, 2011 or latest available year
Businesses with a broadband connection, 2011 or latest available year
Performance trends of top 250 ICT firms, 2000-2011
Growth in monthly output in computer and related services, December 2007-April 2012
Employment trends in the top 250 ICT firms by sector, 2000-11
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