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• Switzerland Has an Advanced Telecom Market With One of the Highest Broadband Penetration Rates in the OECD

  - 2008-08-05

  DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/ebe0d4/switzerland_key) has announced the addition of the "Switzerland - Key Statistics Telecom Market & Regulatory Overviews" report to their offering. The country's mountainous topography helped to establish a number of cable networks, though in recent years DSL has become the preferred means of...

  Tags: broadband, network, NETWORKING, OECD, Switzerland, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony

• Regional Internet Registries Appeal for IPv6 Investment at OECD Conference on 'The Future of the Internet Economy'

  - 2008-06-17

  The cost of migrating the Internet infrastructure to IPv6 will be significant, but the cost of not making this investment will end up being far higher SEOUL, South Korea -- The Number Resource Organization NRO, which is made up of the world's five Regional Internet Registries RIRs, AfriNIC, APNIC,...

  Tags: INTERNET, Internet-infrastructure, investment, IP, IPv6, NETWORKING, OECD, registry, TELECOMMUNICATIONS

• Czechs head Central Europe's catch-up quartet in race for Western riches

  - 2008-04-26

  PRAGUE AFP — Czechs are in pole position to overturn decades of post-war economic decline and stagnation to become the first citizens of a former Communist bloc country to attain Western levels of prosperity. Catch-up with the West can be achieved within a decade, according to the latest upbeat...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, Investment, NETWORKING, OECD, Slovakia, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VOIP

• Mexico Is Now The Only OECD Country Yet To Implement Local Loop Unbundling.

  - 2008-03-03

  M2 PRESSWIRE-3 March 2008-Research and Markets: Mexico Is Now The Only OECD Country Yet To Implement Local Loop UnbundlingC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:03022008 Dublin - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c84564) has announced the addition of "Mexico - Key Statistics,...

  Tags: Mexico, NETWORKING, OECD, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony

• EU Needs Energy Competition

  - 2007-10-01

  IN A RECENT REPORT based on an economic survey of the European Union, the OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development warns that the EU needs greater competition in its energy markets to deliver lower prices to consumers and make energy supplies more secure. Specifically, the OECD said, "The network...

  Tags: MARKETING, NETWORKING, OECD, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony

• Labor accelerates debate on broadband.

  - 2007-05-15

  Byline: David Crowe May 15, 2007 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australia may not be as far behind the world in broadband services as has been claimed. An OECD report has ranked Australia 16th out of 30 developed nations in...

  Tags: Australia, broadband, NETWORKING, OECD, TELECOMMUNICATIONS

• Bush admin questions broadband ranking methods; Wi-Fi, municipal Wi-Fi and college campus connections not properly counted, feds charge.(News)

  - 2007-05-07

  Byline: JEFFREY SILVA When it comes to reporting global broadband rankings, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has become to Bush administration telecom officials what Al Jezeera's coverage of the war on terrorism is to the White House. ...

  Tags: administrator, broadband, NETWORKING, OECD, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, U.S., Wi-Fi

• During 2005, Telstra Has Moved Up the OECD Broadband Penetration Ladder from 21st to 17th Position - 2006 Australia Broadband, Internet and Convergence Statistics (Tables Only) Report.

  - 2006-11-01

  M2 PRESSWIRE-1 November 2006-Research and Markets: During 2005, Telstra Has Moved Up the OECD Broadband Penetration Ladder from 21st to 17th Position - 2006 Australia Broadband, Internet and Convergence Statistics Tables Only ReportC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:03112006 Dublin - Research and...

  Tags: broadband, convergence, NETWORKING, OECD, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telstra Corp.

• Unbundling to provide an opening for Telecom, says OECD economist.(Brief article)

  - 2006-07-01

  A transformation into South Pacific's British Telecom BT could take place for Telecom if it adopts local loop unbundling LLU, as per OECD economist Taylor Reynolds. Mr. Reynolds sees this as an opening for Telecom New Zealand for their reinvention. Unbundling would bring in...

  Tags: economist, NETWORKING, OECD, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony

• Iceland Isn't an Island Online

  - 2006-06-01

  The Internet connects people, and maybe that explains why one of the world’s most remote countries, Iceland, has edged ahead of South Korea in broadband usage, according to a recent survey. Iceland topped the global ranking of high-speed Internet connections compiled by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development...

  Tags: broadband, Iceland, NETWORKING, OECD, TELECOMMUNICATIONS