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===Fostering Content Development===
===Fostering Content Development===
The report noted two significant trends with regards to local content development: it is growing very quickly in volume, and its composition is changing so that it is no longer dominated by developed countries. The growth of local content development varies across countries, however, and is tied to factors such as each country's individual level of internet infrastructure development.<ref name="study"></ref>
The report noted two significant trends with regards to local content development: it is growing very quickly in volume, and its composition is changing so that it is no longer dominated by developed countries. The growth of local content development varies across countries, however, and is tied to factors such as each country's individual level of internet infrastructure development.<ref name="study"></ref>
Local content growth can be promoted through increasing the level of basic literacy (drafting, language, etc.), critical thinking ability, as well as media, information, and digital literacy skills. Supplying software and hardware will also aid internet growth at-large, as ICT equipment and services are considered luxury goods in many zones and therefore taxed heavily.
Governments, in general, should also collect and distribute information to communities, embrace the idea of openness with public sector data, and foster an innovative environment for content creation, perhaps by supporting educational institutions and areas with inexpensive connectivity.
===Expanding Connectivity===
Because mobile networks are the most prevalent internet platform in the world, policy makers could re-examine their existing locations and make mobile broadband usage more widely available. Prices for broadband are lower in countries with more international internet connectivity, as previously mentioned, and thus, governments should look at increasing their international capacities.
In tandem, developing local internet exchanges can promote local distribution of content in a cost-effective and self-organizing way.
Lastly, policymakers may need to evaluate the impact of network rollouts to areas with new telecommunications.
===Promoting Competition===
Improving competition can lower market prices, and lower prices are correlated with more developed internet infrastructures. Some key ways to increase the quality of services and lower prices include: liberalizing telecommunications markets; reducing barriers to entry, such as complex licensing requirements or foreign direct investment restrictions; promoting the rollout of multiple internet-capable mobile networks; creating mandated infrastructure sharing in a way that does not discourage network investments.<ref name="study"></ref>
It is a point of note in the study that some governments have used telecommunications monopolies and taxes on telecommunication markets as a source of government funding -- but that may actually reduce adoption, particularly if the collected revenues are not reinvested in network development.
==References==
==References==
==External Links==
==External Links==
* [http://www.oecd.org/internet/ieconomy/50305352.pdf ISOC Local Content Report], oecd.org.
* [http://www.oecd.org/internet/ieconomy/50305352.pdf ISOC Local Content Report], oecd.org.
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