[...]... Jun-03 Dec-03 Jun-04 Dec-04 Jun-05 Dec-05 Jun-06 Dec-06 Jun-07 BROADBAND GROWTH AND POLICIES IN OECD COUNTRIES – ISBN-97 8-9 2-6 4-0 466 8-9 © OECD 2008 1 BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE – 25 Figure 1.4 Broadband penetration, June 2007 Broadband subscribers per 100 inhabitants, by technology 35 30 Other Fibre/LAN Cable DSL 25 20 15 10 5 0 BROADBAND GROWTH AND POLICIES IN OECD COUNTRIES – ISBN-97 8-9 2-6 4-0 466 8-9 ... broadband policies of OECD countries BROADBAND GROWTH AND POLICIES IN OECD COUNTRIES – ISBN-97 8-9 2-6 4-0 466 8-9 © OECD 2008 1 BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE – 21 Chapter 1 BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE Infrastructure: Market trends and developments since 2003 The growing economic and social importance of broadband has resulted in most member countries, as well as the OECD, monitoring markets on a regular basis In. .. sharing good practises and even co-operating with OECD member countries should be high on the list of policy priorities The 2008 OECD Ministerial on the Future of the Internet BROADBAND GROWTH AND POLICIES IN OECD COUNTRIES – ISBN-97 8-9 2-6 4-0 466 8-9 © OECD 2008 MAIN FINDINGS AND POLICY SUGGESTIONS – 15 Economy will aim at fostering these developments and raising these issues with Ministers Promoting... scientific information and research should be accelerated BROADBAND GROWTH AND POLICIES IN OECD COUNTRIES – ISBN-97 8-9 2-6 4-0 466 8-9 © OECD 2008 18 – MAIN FINDINGS AND POLICY SUGGESTIONS Evaluation and policy co-ordination  OECD governments have to implement specific broadband policy assessment and evaluation procedures in order to more effectively appraise progress in achieving the goals of broadband policy... expand once the fibre is in place simply by adding additional lasers to a line Fibreto-the-home networks are expanding in countries across the OECD and in other parts of the world (see Figure 1.11) Many of these networks have been in metropolitan areas since the density reduces infrastructure costs on a perBROADBAND GROWTH AND POLICIES IN OECD COUNTRIES – ISBN-97 8-9 2-6 4-0 466 8-9 © OECD 2008 1 BROADBAND. .. co-ordinated at the international level, and should include increased law enforcement co- BROADBAND GROWTH AND POLICIES IN OECD COUNTRIES – ISBN-97 8-9 2-6 4-0 466 8-9 © OECD 2008 16 – MAIN FINDINGS AND POLICY SUGGESTIONS operation Computer security incident response teams should be improved, and there should be greater public education on security in general  Broadband uptake and Internet usage are growing This... 20,000 30,000 40,000 BROADBAND GROWTH AND POLICIES IN OECD COUNTRIES – ISBN-97 8-9 2-6 4-0 466 8-9 © OECD 2008 50,000 60,000 70,000 80,000 28 – 1 BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE Another important way to examine the growth of broadband in the previous three years is to compare broadband penetration levels in 2003 with 2006, that is, in the three years following the OECD Council Recommendation on Broadband Development... million (see Figure 1.3) BROADBAND GROWTH AND POLICIES IN OECD COUNTRIES – ISBN-97 8-9 2-6 4-0 466 8-9 © OECD 2008 24 – 1 BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE Figure 1.3 OECD total broadband growth, 200 3-2 007 In millions of subscribers 250,000,000 Other Cable Just three years later broadband subscribers are up 165% (Broadband = 221 m) DSL 200,000,000 150,000,000 Council recommendation adopted (Broadband = 83 m) 100,000,000... landmass An analysis using this data could conclude that connecting Icelanders might be more difficult than in other OECD countries However, examining the dispersion of Iceland’s population reflects a very different BROADBAND GROWTH AND POLICIES IN OECD COUNTRIES – ISBN-97 8-9 2-6 4-0 466 8-9 © OECD 2008 32 – 1 BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE situation Iceland has the least geographically dispersed population in. .. broadband services should be intensified – especially as they relate to R&D Improving framework conditions, skills, common standards, and BROADBAND GROWTH AND POLICIES IN OECD COUNTRIES – ISBN-97 8-9 2-6 4-0 466 8-9 © OECD 2008 14 – MAIN FINDINGS AND POLICY SUGGESTIONS facilitating cross-industry collaboration is also necessary With increased digital convergence of broadband and media services, the regulation . B. NATIONAL BROADBAND PLANS 139 MAIN FINDINGS AND POLICY SUGGESTIONS – 7 BROADBAND GROWTH AND POLICIES IN OECD COUNTRIES – ISBN-97 8-9 2-6 4-0 466 8-9 © OECD 2008 Main Findings and Policy Suggestions:. MAIN FINDINGS AND POLICY SUGGESTIONS – 13 BROADBAND GROWTH AND POLICIES IN OECD COUNTRIES – ISBN-97 8-9 2-6 4-0 466 8-9 © OECD 2008  Any government intervention in markets that involves funding. common standards, and 14 – MAIN FINDINGS AND POLICY SUGGESTIONS BROADBAND GROWTH AND POLICIES IN OECD COUNTRIES – ISBN-97 8-9 2-6 4-0 466 8-9 © OECD 2008 facilitating cross-industry collaboration