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White Paper To support its role, ONTSI needed Fujitsu to implement a solution that would provide citizens, businesses and other institutions with transparent access to a compilation of data, taken from various official and unofficial sources, about... [01 Sep 2009]
UK languishes in broadband slow-lane
News In terms of the maximum broadband speed offered, the UK is 16th out of the 30 member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), with maximum speeds under 20Mbps. Japan and Korea lead... [18 Jul 2007]
Brampton Factor: Public sector woes
Comment The OECD has confirmed that in its view NHS productivity fell between 1998-9 and 2002-3. Although technology has long been touted the saving grace of government services, it has yet to prove true. What is needed, says... [20 Jun 2007]
China overtakes Japan in R&D
News China will become the world's second highest spender on research and development, overtaking Japan for the first time in 2006, a study from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has revealed. [04 Dec 2006]
Linux, PDAs and consumer goods drive IT growth
News Internet-related investments in Linux servers, PDAs, digital storage and new portable consumer products will be the highest growth areas in the global IT market in the next year, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation... [04 Oct 2006]
Square-eyed Brits win Europe's digital top spot
News Finland has around 20 broadband users per 100 inhabitants, whereas the UK has roughly 12, according to the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). The UK is now the most digital nation in Western... [24 May 2006]
Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID): Drivers, Challenges and Public Policy Considerations
White Paper Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) is one of several automatic identification sensor-based technologies consisting of three key elements: RFID tags; RFID readers (transceivers); and a data collection, distribution, and management... [10 May 2006]
US still worst spam offender
News The ongoing problem of spam email has led to the OECD group of industrial nations calling for governments and industry to step up their efforts to tackle spam on a global basis. As well as greater international... [20 Apr 2006]
WiMax comes to Westminster
News A recent report from Infonetics claimed that the WiMax market will be worth $1.6bn by 2009 but the OECD took a more pessimistic view, claiming that poor spectrum allocation could be its downfall. A UK company is ready to... [21 Mar 2006]
'No link' between IT job losses and offshore outsourcing
News Automation of tasks has had more impact on IT job losses than offshore outsourcing to low-cost locations such as India, according to a study be the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). [03 Mar 2006]
Teachers fear computers in the classroom
News The four-year University of Bristol study, InterActive Education: Teaching and Learning in the Information Age, backs recent reports by Ofsted and the OECD, which found the use of IT in schools was "sporadic" and... [13 Sep 2005]
VoIP muscles in on telcos' traditional business
News Voice over IP (VoIP) is becoming a serious threat to incumbent telcos and mobile operators alike, according to a new report from the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). Since 2003 a trend has... [25 Aug 2005]
Falling CD sales can't be blamed on P2P swappers
News The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report found a "pronounced" fall in overall global CD sales of 20 per cent between 1999 and 2003, while the number of simultaneous users on all... [14 Jun 2005]
'Developing nations drowning in spam deluge'
News The report, which was written by Suresh Ramasubramanian, an OECD advisor and postmaster for Outblaze.com, states: "Spam is a much more serious issue in developing countries.as it is a heavy drain on resources that are... [01 Jun 2005]
Spamming tool forced to look for new home
News Linford has lobbied MCI over recent months to remove the site and recently engaged in talks with EU ministers and OECD officials to ban the tool. A service that helped spammers to send junk emails over the internet was... [01 Mar 2005]
