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Dear colleague,

In the past you have received news on science & technology  
measurement and economic analysis from me or have been in contact with OECD
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the OECD and am now head of the OECD's information and communications policy
division.

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Andy Wyckoff, Head of Division, ICCP


June 2006 issue...



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Broadband

*	Broadband penetration: in December 2005, four countries had over 25
subscribers per 100 inhabitants (Iceland, Korea, the Netherlands and
Denmark).

*	Fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP): Japan leads the OECD in with 4.6
million fibre subscribers at the end of 2005.

*	Pricing and Policy Trends for Multiple Play: Covering 87 broadband
Internet firms in the 30 OECD countries, this report
<http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/47/32/36546318.pdf>  compares  
developments in
multiple play offers of video, voice and data services.

  <http://www.oecd.org/sti/ict/broadband> 	
Broadband figures just  <http://www.oecd.org/sti/ict/broadband>  
released...
Europe moves to top of OECD broadband rankings	

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International OECD Conference on 'The Future Digital Economy: Digital
content: Creation, Access and distribution'

Digital content is increasingly important across all media and  
publishing
industries and pervasive in the public sector, education and health.  
Rapid
changes in value chains for digital content development, production,
delivery and use and the creation of new commercial business models are
posing new policy challenges for business and governments. Over eighty
speakers and four hundred participants from business, government,  
content
producers and users and research debated the rapid development and  
use of
digital content in this ground-breaking conference. Web streams and
<http://www.oecd.org/sti/digitalcontent/conference> presentations, as  
well
as summary <http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/54/35/36854745.pdf>  and  
digital
content  <http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/54/36/36854975.pdf> policy  
paper are
available. The OECD also recently held a workshop
<http://www.oecd.org/department/ 
0,2688,en_2649_34223_1_1_1_1_1,00.html>  on
access and commercial re-use of public sector
<http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/10/22/36481524.pdf> information.

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The OECD published its Anti-Spam  <http://www.oecd-antispam.org/>  
Toolkit...

...a "how-to" manual for policy makers facing spam. New  
recommendations urge
governments and industry to coordinate
<http://www.oecd-antispam.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=8> more on  
spam. The
toolkit annexes contain best
<http://www.oecd-antispam.org/article.php3?id_article=27> practices  
for ISPs
and e-mail marketers.

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Workshop and multidisciplinary project on the Future of the Internet

Policy-makers, leading academics, private sector and civil society
organisations discussed the trends <http://www.oecd.org/document/ 
5/0,2340,en_2649_34223_36169989_1_1_1_1,00.htm
l> shaping the future of the Internet, explored the various approaches
-technical, economic, and regulatory- that can be taken to create new
functionality, new uses and increased trust in the Internet, to  
promote its
sustained growth and adoption, and to identify opportunities for  
increased
international cooperation on pressing issues.

This workshop is the beginning of the ICCP's multidisciplinary  
project on
the Future of the Internet which will analyse and draw policy  
messages on
three far-reaching trends:

1.	The Internet is becoming the global platform to deliver content with
convergence towards IP for voice, video and data services;

2.	The Internet is an essential element in the socio-economic
infrastructure of OECD and world economies, and a catalyst for  
globalisation
and;

3.	As our dependence on the Internet increases, so does the need to
maintain its integrity, to maintain it as a trusted system, and to  
promote
its use.

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Recent Reports

*	Online Payment  <http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/37/19/36736056.pdf>
Systems for E-commerce, May 2006

*	 <http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/25/54/36462170.pdf> Internet Traffic
Exchange: Market Developments and Measurement of Growth, April 2006

*	Report on  <http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/47/31/36546422.pdf>
Disclosure Issues Related to the Use of Copy Control and DRM (Digital  
Rights
Management) Technologies, April 2006

*	Digital Broadband  <http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/10/22/36481524.pdf>
Content: Public Sector Information, April 2006.

*	The Secondary  <http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/14/45/36471569.pdf>
Market for Domain Names, April 2006

*	The implications  <http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/32/7/36218739.pdf>
of WiMAX for competition and regulation, March 2006

*	Guide
<http://www.oecd.org/document/ 
22/0,2340,en_2649_34449_34508886_1_1_1_1,00.ht
ml> to Measuring the Information Society, November 2005

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About Us

The goal of the OECD Committee on Information, <http://www.oecd.org/sti/ict>
Computers and Communication Policy is  
to help
governments maximise the benefits of the "information society". Emerging
trends in ICT technologies, applications and uses constantly challenge
policy development and co-ordination. Through benchmarking and  
analysis, the
Committee is able to help countries with analysis, recommendations  
and best
practices.

More information about OECD work on the information
<http://www.oecd.org/sti/ict> society.

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