OECD Digital Economy Outlook 2024 (Volume 1)
Embracing the Technology Frontier
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The OECD Digital Economy Outlook 2024, Volume 1: Embracing the Technology Frontier provides new insights on key technologies that underpin the digital technology ecosystem and their impacts. Using big data and machine-learning techniques, Volume 1 provides new estimates of the growth rate of the ecosystem’s core – the information and communications technology (ICT) sector. It then looks toward the technology frontier with perspectives on the future of artificial intelligence (AI) and how it can be shaped into a positive force. Volume 1 also analyses how people, firms and governments are adopting digital technologies, offering insights into the scale and scope of digital divides and how to boost equal opportunity and inclusion. To that end, it looks at the critical need for next generation wireless networks to provide unlimited connectivity everywhere. Moving beyond the hype of immersive technologies, Volume 1 examines the proven ability of virtual reality (VR) to scale, while identifying its opportunities and risks. Finally, it shines a spotlight on mental health in digital environments, including those most at risk.
Also available in: French
Next generation wireless networks and the connectivity ecosystem
This Spotlight examines emerging trends in next generation wireless networks that are shaping the connectivity ecosystem. These trends raise questions about how to make the next generation of wireless technologies a commercial and ubiquitous reality. The Spotlight dives into research initiatives, market trends and developments towards integration of terrestrial wireless connectivity solutions like 5G and 6G with non-terrestrial technologies, such as satellites and other aerial platforms. In so doing, it identifies challenges for spectrum policy, regulatory collaboration, interoperability, environmental sustainability, safety and digital security, and digital divides. These issues, both technical and regulatory, must be addressed to realise future visions.
Also available in: French
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