The promotion of widespread, affordable, and high-quality broadband is a prerequisite for the digital transformation of … economies and societies. Foreseeing the role of broadband as an accelerator of economic, social and cultural development, the … OECD adopted the Council Recommendation on Broadband Development in 2004. Since then, important developments have taken …

connectivity, as well as the tailored approaches to extend broadband networks in rural and remote areas. …

Broadband connects consumers, businesses and governments and are now therefore a vital instrument in ensuring the … competitiveness of OECD countries. This report examines broadband developments and policies, and highlights challenges such as … broadband strategies. …

Local loop unbundling has been widely promulgated by policy-makers as a significant factor stimulating broadband uptake … unbundling on broadband uptake. On closer examination however, the economic magnitude of this effect is trivial. Moreover, once … report cannot be used to justify the view that local loop unbundling leads to greater broadband uptake …

Discussions about broadband policy in the United States today inevitably begin by citing OECD estimates. Many analysts … interpret the low ranking of the U.S. in broadband penetration relative to other OECD countries as meaning that U.S. broadband … therefore misleading. In fact, broadband is nearly universally available in the U.S. and the U.S. compares favorably to other …

The United States continues to fall behind in broadband adoption, ranking 15th among 30 OECD nations according to the … latest installment of the organization's semiannual survey of broadband subscribership. The number of U.S. broadband … assess a nation's relative position in broadband technology. A more complete measure would also consider speed and price …