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- 11a. ICT patents as a percentage of national total (EPO) in selected countries

- 11b. Share of countries in ICT patents at the EPO

12. Trade in ICT goods and services 13. Top 50 telecommunications firms and IT firms 14. Contribution of ICT-using services to value added per person engaged 15. Contributions of ICT investment to GDP

# _<u>International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Database</u>_

The World Telecommunication Indicators database includes time series data for 200 economies for 1960, 1965, 1970 and annually from 1975-2003 for around <u>80 sets of telecommunication indicators</u> covering telephone network size and dimension, mobile services, quality of service, traffic, staff, tariffs, revenue, and investment. Selected demographic, macro-economic, broadcasting, and information technology statistics are also included.

The data are collected from an annual questionnaire sent out by the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) of ITU, as well as data obtained from reports provided by telecommunication ministries, regulators and operators, and from ITU staff reports. Additional data are obtained from reports provided by telecommunication ministries, regulators and operators and from ITU staff reports. In some cases, estimates are made by ITU staff; these are noted in the database.

The database is available either for one-time purchase (single issue) or as an annual subscription. The one-time purchase is available either via the July 2004 edition of the CD-ROM or as a download via the Internet (edition of February 2005 now available). Updates and revisions of the data will be posted to the ITU website approximately every three months. Subscribers are entitled to BDT Telecommunication Data & Statistics reference services such as clarification of data, sources and methodology used.

Reports can also be ordered in hardcopy form. Some examples include: telephone mainlines (per 1000 people); waiting List (in thousands); International telecommunications, outgoing traffic (minutes per subscriber); Number of personal computers (per 100 people); Number of Internet Users (in thousands; and users per 100 inhabitants); Number of Internet Hosts etc.

# _<u>World Bank: Telecommunications Toolkit</u>_

This toolkit was prepared by Canadian telecommunications consultant Hank Intven et.al. (2000) for the World Bank's <u>InfoDev</u> Program, with assistance by the <u>International Telecommunication Union (ITU).</u> The toolkit has six modules; <u>Module 1:</u> (PDF, 496KB) provides an overview of telecommunication regulation, discusses its objectives and principles, and gives guidance on the regulatory decision-making process. <u>Module 2:</u> (PDF, 527KB) provides detailed analysis of issues related to licensing, including a discussion of the types of licensing regimes, practices, and the contents of licenses. <u>Module 3:</u> (PDF, 729KB) discusses interconnection principles and procedures.

<u>Module 4:</u> (PDF, 635KB) reviews price regulation issues, including rate balancing and price caps.

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