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- Feijoo, C., et al.
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Public support for the deployment of next generation access networks-Common themes, methodological caveats and further research
- 2011
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In: Telecommunications Policy. - : Elsevier BV. - 0308-5961. ; 35:9-10, s. 791-793
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Journal article (other academic/artistic)abstract
- The special issue of Telecommunications Policy focuses on the need of common themes, methodological caveats, and more research to get public support for the deployment of next generation access networks (NGAN). Next generation telecommunications infrastructures are considered as a principal example of a new technology for sustainable economic growth. The most interesting topic raised in the issue is the complete change of paradigm for the deployment of NGAN. Public support is considered a key factor for the regulatory framework where market forces exist and prosper and the leading force behind infrastructure deployment and innovative boosting measures. Asian countries are also found to be playing a key role in the increased focus upon and the deployment of such networks for different uses and applications.
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- Gómez-Barroso, José Luis, et al.
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The evolution of the telecommunications policy agenda: Forty years of articles in Telecommunications Policy
- 2017
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In: Telecommunications Policy. - : Elsevier BV. - 0308-5961. ; 41:10, s. 853-877
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper investigates the evolution of the telecommunications policy agenda by means of text mining forty years –from 1976 to 2016– of papers in the journal Telecommunications Policy. Text mining techniques help identify the key topics, the dominant combinations of concepts and the main areas of research within this multidisciplinary –technical, economic, social, policy– discipline. In addition they depict an evolution of the policy agenda more nuanced than the conventional public service, pre-competition and post-liberalisation stages typical of telecommunications. Also, in combination with bibliometric information, the results display the relationships between areas of research and methodologies, countries and authors’ background, all together providing a deeper understanding of the past, present and future avenues for research in telecommunications policy.
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- Hanafizadeh, Mohammad Reza, et al.
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Digital Divide and e-Readiness: Trends and Gaps
- 2013
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In: International Journal of E-Adoption. - : IGI Global. - 1937-9641 .- 1937-9633. ; 5:3, s. 30-75
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper reviews the literature on digital divide and e-readiness in different fields with an eye to identifying trends and gaps in prominent research areas. In this study, 411 articles, conference papers, master's and doctoral dissertations, textbooks, and working papers on digital divide and e-readiness are classified and elaborated and their results are presented. Drawing upon this literature review and analysis of digital divide and e-readiness, several important research areas surrounding digital divide and e-readiness are discussed and examined from a critical standpoint. In the paper, a comprehensive list of references is presented and, to the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the most complete study of digital divide and e-readiness, even in the field of IT, in terms of its references. This paper reviews the literature on the digital divide and e-readiness from three perspectives with the purpose of identifying trends and gaps in this field: definition, methodology and scale. This review reveals that most modelers do not take sound theoretical and policy concerns into consideration, rather they tend to provide an empirical summarized measure for digitalization. Also, they develop digital divide and e-readiness models by building static composite indexes from individual indicators and tend to apply dynamic models to a lesser degree. Finally, there is a lack of research in the micro level vis-à-vis macro level that the authors attempt to compensate for. © 2013, IGI Global. All rights reserved.
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- Kongaut, Chatchai, 1983, et al.
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Towards broadband targets on the EU Digital Agenda 2020: Discussion on the demand side of broadband policy
- 2015
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In: Info. - : Emerald. - 1463-6697 .- 1465-9840. ; 17:3, s. 1-15
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a guideline for the European Union (EU) to support high-speed broadband development based on economic frameworks and successful countries, Korea and Sweden. In the past decade, both policymakers and academic scholars have so far emphasised broadband policy mostly on the supply side. Increasing broadband adoption, nevertheless, is important for the EU to meet its Digital Agenda. Therefore, demand-side policy is also needed to stimulate high-speed broadband adoption in the EU. Design/methodology/approach – This paper applies frameworks of network externalities and the information and communications technology ecosystem to provide a better understanding of the relationship between supply- and demand-side policies. In addition, Korea and Sweden, which are two successful countries in high-speed broadband development particularly their demand-side policy, are chosen as a comparative case study. Findings – Both supply and demand sides are important to broadband policy to achieve the EU Digital Agenda 2020. It is also important for the policymakers to consider that demand-side policy should complement the implementation of supply-side policy, not substitute it. The demand side can be a great driver, especially with the development of content and applications for high-speed broadband. Originality/value – This paper fills the research gap on broadband policy on the demand side which is currently limited in comparison to the supply-side studies.
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- Rohman, Ibrahim Kholilul, 1980, et al.
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PANS in the Swedish cellular industry: How bright will it be?
- 2010
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In: ICMB and GMR 2010 - 2010 9th International Conference on Mobile Business/2010 9th Global Mobility Roundtable. - 9780769540849 ; , s. 440-447
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- As an aspect of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), the existence of the cellular industry is closely related to the achievement of economic development, especially due to the effect of network externalities and demand-side economics of scale. However, the adoption and buyer diffusion process from the demand side will depend on the availability of cellular content and services based on technological innovation and development on the supply side. Furthermore, there is a need to seek other sources of revenue by identifying new services, given the fact that the existing penetration rate in Sweden has been very high and, more importantly, the growth of revenue from traditional services has been declining considerably during the last couple of years. This study estimates the market demand especially in the services which are categorized as Pretty Amazing New Services (PANS) in the Swedish cellular industry – e.g. mobile games, mobile TV, mobile Internet, mobile news, mobile video and mobile payments. The source of data is the annual individual survey conducted during 2002-2009 by Post-och telestyrelsen (PTS), the Swedish post and telecom agency. The survey comprises about 1500 individuals per year around Sweden. The demand estimation applies a probit model which enables us to measure the likelihood ratio of demand for the services given different characteristics of respondents in terms of income, age, education, sex and geographical area. The results reveal that most of the new services will be more attractive for the profile of a customer who is identified as a male, living in a small city and having a middle/upper educational degree and income. It is also found that customers who travel regularly abroad are a potential market segment.
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The Smart Revolution Towards the Sustainable Digital Society: Beyond the Era of Convergence
- 2015
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Editorial collection (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The objective of this book is to present a comprehensive evaluation of the smart revolution, including its social and economic impacts. It proposes a modern framework to help assess how recent information and communication technologies (ICTs) can contribute to societies as a whole. The authors offer a guide to how advanced network technologies have led to a greater variety of applications and social networking services. These allow people to connect with each other both at a more personal and global level, and will ultimately herald a new era of ICTs that will shape the "digital society".
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- Annafari, Tsani, 1974, et al.
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Quasi-subscribers and Demand Saturation: An Analysis of the Swedish Mobile Phone Market
- 2010
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In: Proceedings of the 9th Conference on Telecommunication and Techno-Economics, 7-9 June 2010, Ghent, Belgium. - 9781424479887 ; , s. Art. no. 5557708-
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This study provide an analysis to explain the emergence of quasi-subscribers – mobile phone subscribers with multiple subscriptions – and discusses its impact on the demand saturation for mobile phone subscription in Sweden. Using a logistic growth model and nonlinear regression based on observations from the year 2002 to 2009, the study estimates that the quasi-subscribers exaggerate the penetration and demand saturation level in the Swedish mobile phone market. This implies that the mobile phone subscriptions will still continue to grow despite the recent high level of penetration rate in Sweden. It also indicates that demand saturation in the mobile phone market should not be forecasted solely on the basis of the number of subscriptions or the number of subscribers. Instead it should be estimated by examining the trend of both, so that the proportion of quasi-subscribers can also be revealed and a better projection of saturation level can be made. Furthermore, future studies are necessary to investigate factors driving the phenomenon of quasi-subscribers as well as to find a suitable business and policy strategy to overcome the potential problems.
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- Hanafizadeh, Payam, et al.
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Business models of Internet service providers
- 2019
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In: NETNOMICS: Economic Research and Electronic Networking. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1573-7071 .- 1385-9587. ; 20:1, s. 55-99
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- A business model can be perceived as a simple, yet focused, representation of the related activities of a company, which describes how to create the value of the company in terms of information, products and services. Given the significance of the Internet service infrastructure in new Internet-based business logic, notably the positive relationship between the growth of the Internet service infrastructure and GDP growth, this paper elaborates on the business model of the Internet service providers (ISPs). Accordingly, the ISPs’ business model, in the scope of connectivity service providers, based on the selected meta model (Hedman and Kalling’s ontology) at the industry level is analyzed. For validation and generalization assessment, the business components of two ISPs at the instance level and the business components of other service providers in the telecom industry (beyond the scope of this research) are compared, point by point, with the proposed business model components, respectively. The results of this study will raise the awareness of ISPs’ executives and new entrants of different aspects of this business. The proposed business model can be considered as a basic model in the area of designing new business models, especially in the area of new Internet-based technologies.
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- Kongaut, Chatchai, 1983, et al.
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Unbundling and infrastructure competition for broadband adoption: Implications for NGA regulation
- 2014
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In: Telecommunications Policy. - : Elsevier BV. - 0308-5961. ; 38:8-9, s. 760-770
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The common idea of open access policy is that it refers to the sharing of particular elements, such as wholesale access networks, backhaul, under-sea cable and internet exchange points in fixed and mobile networks. In broadband networks, the use of open access policy usually refers to the infrastructure parts, which are considered a bottleneck. Many regulators have generally focused open access policy on fixed broadband networks, especially digital subscriber line (DSL) technology, in the last decade. Local loop unbundling (LW) regulation is one of the main strategies for the regulator to open access to an incumbent's bottleneck network in order to soften its monopoly power and encourage competition in the DSL broadband market. The OECD countries have different strategies regarding unbundling local loop and infrastructure competition, as the characteristics and infrastructure networks of countries vary. There are currently more choices of next generation network (NGN) technologies to develop. While local loop unbundling may not be applied fully to NGN development (the cost is not sunk, more technologies are available to implement, incentive of investment by operator), it can indicate benefits and drawbacks of open access policy in the past decade that can be adapted to NGN. The empirical results of this study show that during 2002-2008, LLU regulation was one of the strategies used to increase broadband adoption in countries that had difficulty encouraging infrastructure competition. Unbundling regulation can therefore be implemented carefully and differently in each country that has inefficiency that is harmful to consumers in its market from a monopoly incumbent. Infrastructure competition, on the other hand, is introduced as another strategy to increase broadband adoption. The empirical results of this study indicate that infrastructure competition can be used as a strategy when there are already enough infrastructures in the area or country. These results support the idea of using open access and infrastructure competition policy depending on the existing competition of broadband infrastructure in each country.
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