ICTlogy

Abstract:

The OECD Communications Outlook provides an extensive range of indicators for different types of communications networks and compares performance indicators such as revenue, investment, employment and prices for service throughout the OECD area. These indicators are essential for industry and for regulators who use benchmarking to evaluate policy performance.

This book is based on data from the OECD Telecommunications Database 2005, which provides time series of telecommunications and economic indicators such as network dimension, revenues, investment and employment for OECD countries from 1980 to 2003. Readers of the OECD Communications Outlook 2005 e-book will find a URL that provides online access to the OECD Telecommunications Database 2005. Graphics and tables in all editions include StatLinks, URLs linking to spreadsheets containing the underlying data.

For more information on trends in information technology, globalisation and their impact on the way people live and work, refer to the OECD Information Technology Outlook. Chapter 1. Policy Issues and Market StructureChapter 2. Recent Communication Policy DevelopmentsChapter 3. Telecommunication Market SizeChapter 4. Network Dimensions and DevelopmentChapter 5. Internet and Broadband InfrastructureChapter 6. Main Trends in PricingChapter 7. Broadcasting ServicesChapter 8. Quality of ServiceChapter 9. Employment and ProductivityChapter 10. Trade in Communication EquipmentChapter 11. Regulatory Reform and the Global Digital Divide.

Observations:

• OECD Communications Outlook 2007 ("Browse only" free version) (5.78 Mb)
• Executive Summary (178 Kb)