| NOTAS: | The OECD published a revised methodology for its telecommunication price baskets in March 2010, which introduced a new set of baskets for fixed broadband services. The Working Party on Communication Infrastructures and Services Policy (CISP) recommended, at its meeting in December 2009, that the OECD examine the feasibility of developing an additional wireless/mobile version of the broadband baskets that could be used to compare wireless broadband prices across countries.
As a first step a questionnaire was undertaken to gather information across the OECD area. The main findings were distributed among delegations and telecommunication operators. The basket definitions in this document take into account all data received from operators and regulators throughout the process. Much of the background data, that underpins the choices made in the creation of the basket methodologies, is deemed by the operators to be commercial in confidence and these data were submitted to a third party firm (Teligen) to be analysed on behalf of the OECD. An expert group of delegates assisted in developing the basket proposal. |
