Thursday, July 26, 2007
[IWS] OECD Communications Outlook 2007 [July 2007]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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OECD Communications Outlook 2007 [July 2007]
http://www.oecd.org/document/17/0,3343,en_2649_201185_38876369_1_1_1_1,00.html
Summary
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/3/50/38988835.pdf
Table of contents
Executive Summary
Chapter 1. Policy Issues and Market Structure
Broadband on its way to becoming the dominant telecommunication medium |
Market structure | Emerging policy issues | Sustained growth through transformation
Chapter 2. Recent Communication Policy Developments
Trends in competition | Regulatory issues | Household expenditures on communications
Chapter 3. Telecommunication Market Size
Mobile communications | Broadband | Voice traffic | Research and development
Chapter 4. Network Dimensions and Development
Fixed lines | Blurring of lines between mobile and fixed | Mobile network growth | Wi-Fi | Payphones | Broadband network growth | Investment
Chapter 5. Broadband and Internet Infrastructure
Internet subscribers | Internet hosts | Domain names | Web servers | Secure servers | National and regional Internet development | Peering
Chapter 6. Broadcasting
Market penetration of distribution platforms and digitalisation | Channel and content availability | Changes in market structure | Regulation | Challenges
Chapter 7. Main Trends in Pricing
Residential and business telecommunication baskets | International pricing trends | Mobile pricing trends | Broadband pricing trends | Leased lines
Chapter 8. Trade in Telecommunication Equipment
Worldwide trends in telecommunication equipment trade | Trade among OECD member countries | Comparative advantages | Breakdown of intra-industry trade
Chapter 9. Communications in the Emerging BRICS Economies
Emerging economies | Network dimensions | Comparative position | Policy contexts, structures and developments
Glossary
Annex Tables
The full volume can be browsed for free at the < http://www.oecd.org/bookshop?pub=932007021E1> OECD Online Bookshop.
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
OECD Communications Outlook 2007 [July 2007]
http://www.oecd.org/document/17/0,3343,en_2649_201185_38876369_1_1_1_1,00.html
Summary
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/3/50/38988835.pdf
Table of contents
Executive Summary
Chapter 1. Policy Issues and Market Structure
Broadband on its way to becoming the dominant telecommunication medium |
Market structure | Emerging policy issues | Sustained growth through transformation
Chapter 2. Recent Communication Policy Developments
Trends in competition | Regulatory issues | Household expenditures on communications
Chapter 3. Telecommunication Market Size
Mobile communications | Broadband | Voice traffic | Research and development
Chapter 4. Network Dimensions and Development
Fixed lines | Blurring of lines between mobile and fixed | Mobile network growth | Wi-Fi | Payphones | Broadband network growth | Investment
Chapter 5. Broadband and Internet Infrastructure
Internet subscribers | Internet hosts | Domain names | Web servers | Secure servers | National and regional Internet development | Peering
Chapter 6. Broadcasting
Market penetration of distribution platforms and digitalisation | Channel and content availability | Changes in market structure | Regulation | Challenges
Chapter 7. Main Trends in Pricing
Residential and business telecommunication baskets | International pricing trends | Mobile pricing trends | Broadband pricing trends | Leased lines
Chapter 8. Trade in Telecommunication Equipment
Worldwide trends in telecommunication equipment trade | Trade among OECD member countries | Comparative advantages | Breakdown of intra-industry trade
Chapter 9. Communications in the Emerging BRICS Economies
Emerging economies | Network dimensions | Comparative position | Policy contexts, structures and developments
Glossary
Annex Tables
The full volume can be browsed for free at the < http://www.oecd.org/bookshop?pub=932007021E1> OECD Online Bookshop.
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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