Title: OECD December 9, 2009 Concept Paper on Network Developments in Support of Innovation and User Need

Language: English

Type: Document

Nature: Report

Published: September 19, 2021


Region: Global

Country: Global / Non-Specific

Sector: Telecom and ICT

Keywords: Telecom and ICT, ICT Core

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This report makes a case for investment in a competitive, open-access national fibre-to-the-home network rollout based on potential spillovers in four key sectors of the economy: electricity, health, transportation and education.

This research offers a new approach to evaluating the costs of building the most forward-looking network possible by evaluating what short-term cost savings (benefits) would have to be achieved in other key economic sectors to justify the investment. On average, a cost savings of between 0.5% and 1.5% in each of the four sectors over ten years resulting directly from the new broadband network platform could justify the cost of building a national point-to-point, fibre-to-the-home network.


Updated: October 25, 2021