... and network readiness, improving connectivity, increasing access and lowering cost, enhancing human capacity, and encouraging participation in global ecommerce networks. Measuring the digital divide is one of the most important aspects among the various items in analysing ICT development and diffusion. Besides the technical implication of a system of measurement, it is of great importance that information on the divide trend be rapid and correct, in order to establish and promote common policies in favour of the disadvantaged areas. It is not easy to individuate exhaustive and comprehensive indicator(s) able to offer complete and comparable information on this subject. A lot of interesting and qualified papers analyse this problem, by monitoring different ICT variables that give important indications, but could underestimate or overrate revealing trends expressed by others variables. In this part we approach the question as follows: * ?Choice of a set of crucial ICT variables, comparable among OECD countries, that can ...

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