ireless technologies, such as WiBro from South Korea but especially WiFi hubs for Internet access at hotspots for nomadic users. Geographic scope Traditionally the OECD community has been the builder and leader in telecommunications infrastructures. It has set the model for others to follow since 1875. In many OECD countries there is overcapacity in long distance fibre that is still not economic in terms of revenues for payback of original investments, but just how much is very difficult to judge as unlit fibre may not be declared. Moreover, much international transoceanic capacity was sold after the dotcom bubble burst and that in Asia was bought by China and India and other developing countries. With regard to the remaining capacity in the OECD area, the increase in traffic has supported increased investment in the Internet backbone networks. Despite competition, both at the service level and infrastructure level, prices are thus being kept artificially high in some domains (and not just fixed communications, e.g. in mobile termination, international and off-same-operator mobile roaming charges, etc.). However, INFRASTRUCTURE TO 2030: TELECOM, LAND TRANSPORT, WATER AND ELECTRICITY - ISBN 92-64-02398-4 © OECD 2006 2. TELECOMS INFRASTRUCTURE TO 2030 Table 2.1. OECD broadband subscribers per 100 inhabitants, by technology, June 2005 Cable Other Total Korea Netherlands Denmark Iceland Switzerland Canada Finland Belgium Norway Sweden Japan United States United Kingdom France Austria Luxembourg Australia Germany Italy Portugal Spain New Zealand Hungary Ireland Poland Czech Republic Slovak Republic Turkey Mexico Greece Source: OECD Web site, accessed January 2006: www.oecd.org/document/16/0,2340,en2649_34225_35526608_1_1_1_1,00.html. recently prices in fixed communications have begun to change rapidly as many operators now offer a fixed price unlimited call package. In the mobile market for termination fees, new dual-mode handsets (mobile/WiFi) should enter the market at the end of this 2005 (e.g. the Nokia N92 handse