OECD Communications Outlook 2007: Edition 2007

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 2007 , which provides time series for OECD countries from 1980 to 2005. Readers of the OECD Communications Outlook 2007 e-book will find a URL that provides online access to the OECD Telecommunications Database 2007. Graphics and tables in all editions include StatLinks, URLs linking to spreadsheets containing the underlying data.Table of Content : Executive Summary Chapter 1. Policy Issues and Market Structure Chapter 2. Recent Communication Policy Developments -Trends in Competition -Regulatory Issues -Household Expenditure on Communications Chapter 3. Telecommunication Market Size -Introduction -Mobile Communications -Broadband -Voice Traffic -Research and Development Chapter 4. Network Dimensions and Development -Introduction -Fixed Lines -Lines between Mobile and Fixed are Blurring -Mobile Network Growth -Wi-Fi -Payphones -Broadbank Network Growth -Investment Chapter 5. Broadband and Internet Infrastructure -Introduction -Internet Subscribers -Internet Hosts -Domain Names -Web Servers -Secure Servers -National and Regional Internet Development -Peering Chapter 6. Broadcasting -Introduction -Market Penetration of Distribution Platforms and Digitalisation -Channel and Content Availability -Changes in Market Structure -Regulation -Challenges Chapter 7. Main Trends in Pricing -Introduction -Residential and Business Telecommunications Baskets -International Pricing Trends -Mobile Pricing Trends -Broadband Pricing Trends -Leased Lines Chapter 8. Trade in Telecommunications Equipment -Introduction -Worldwide Trends in Telecommunications Equipment Trade -Trade among OECD Member Countries -Comparative Advantages -Policy Context, Structures, and Developments Glossary Annex Tables -Average Annual Exchange Rates -Purchasing Power Parities -Gross Domestic Product -Population