The OECD has called on its 34 member countries to “promote and protect the global free flow of information” online.

Ericsson has released findings from a study across 33 OECD economies, including Australia, that, it says found that a doubling of broadband speed produced a 0.3 percent increase in the GDP of that economy - $A3.9b in the case of Australia.

The Government's Convergence Review Committee has taken its next step on the road to making recommendations to government with the release of an emerging issues paper.

OECD member governments and other stakeholders have created a new framework to promote a more transparent, open Internet at a two-day meeting in Paris.

The OECD has released a series of documents in preparation for a two day meeting of government ministers, business leaders and industry experts this week to discuss regulation of the Internet and how best to drive continued growth and innovation.

A survey undertaken by New Zealand's Ministry of Economic Development has found the costs of data roaming for New Zealand businesses to be prohibitive to their staff doing business in Australia.

The OECD has undertaken a detailed analysis of mobile data roaming rates between member nations, concluding that the prices are too high and that this signifies a lack of retail or wholesale competition, or both.

The OECD has produced a report on the likelihood and possible impacts of a globally catastrophic cyber-security breakdown. It concludes that such an event is unlikely, but makes a number of recommendations on precautionary measures that governments should take.

A great number of the mobile phones on the market today are capable of accessing the Internet. But does that make everyone who owns one 'a mobile broadband subscriber'? With widely differing prognostications being bandied about it's time to bring some rigour to the issue.

COMMENT - Communications minister Stephen Conroy has seized on the latest broadband statistics from the OECD as a vindication of his government's plans for the National Broadband Network, saying that they show Australia falling behind in broadband penetration. But the story is not that simple.