Ebook: Governance of Communication Networks: Connecting Societies and Markets with IT
- Tags: Industrial Organization, Communications Engineering Networks, R & D/Technology Policy, Electronic Commerce/e-business, Business Information Systems, Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet)
- Series: Contributions to Economics
- Year: 2006
- Publisher: Physica-Verlag Heidelberg
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Hardly anyone would doubt the potential of information technology (IT) to connect individuals, firms and organisations. Whether this power to connect will actually lead to the integration of markets and societies is a different issue. The articles collected in this book shed light on several aspects that are crucial for the success of global communication networks: they range from an appropriate framework for regulation and suitable strategies of firms that act as international players, to the inclusion of customers in defining product and service strategies, and from problems of access to advanced technology and networks for all groups in society regardless of their social status or geographical location to the role of new technologies in facilitating universal communication.
Hardly anyone would doubt the potential of information technology (IT) to connect individuals, firms and organisations. Whether this power to connect will actually lead to the integration of markets and societies is a different issue. The articles collected in this book shed light on several aspects that are crucial for the success of global communication networks: they range from an appropriate framework for regulation and suitable strategies of firms that act as international players, to the inclusion of customers in defining product and service strategies, and from problems of access to advanced technology and networks for all groups in society regardless of their social status or geographical location to the role of new technologies in facilitating universal communication.
Hardly anyone would doubt the potential of information technology (IT) to connect individuals, firms and organisations. Whether this power to connect will actually lead to the integration of markets and societies is a different issue. The articles collected in this book shed light on several aspects that are crucial for the success of global communication networks: they range from an appropriate framework for regulation and suitable strategies of firms that act as international players, to the inclusion of customers in defining product and service strategies, and from problems of access to advanced technology and networks for all groups in society regardless of their social status or geographical location to the role of new technologies in facilitating universal communication.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-VI
Introduction....Pages 1-8
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Rewriting U.S. Telecommunications Law with an Eye on Europe....Pages 11-36
A Quadratic Method for Evaluating the New Hungarian Act on Electronic Communications with Respect to the Policy and Regulatory Objectives....Pages 37-56
The Status of Regulation and Competition in Poland in the Advent of the Accession to the EU....Pages 57-77
Regulatory Framework and Industry Clockspeed....Pages 79-90
Front Matter....Pages 91-91
A Comparison of ENUM Field Trials....Pages 93-110
3G: Standardisation in a Techno-Economic Perspective....Pages 111-128
Architectural, Functional and Technical Foundations of Digital Rights Management Systems....Pages 129-145
Front Matter....Pages 147-147
Service Universalisation in Latin America: Network Evolution and Strategies....Pages 149-164
Sustainability of Community Online Access Centres....Pages 165-185
The SMS Bandwagon in Norway: What Made the Market?....Pages 187-201
How to Achieve the Goal of Broadband for All....Pages 203-226
Estimating the Demand for Voice over IP Services: A Contingent Valuation Approach....Pages 227-240
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
The Transformation of Media — Economic and Social Implications....Pages 243-271
Pluralism in Digital Broadcasting: Myths, Realities and the Boundaries of EU Action....Pages 273-294
New Perspectives on Mobile Service Development....Pages 295-308
“I-Mode” in Japan: How to Explain Its Development....Pages 309-332
Demand for Internet Access and Use in Spain....Pages 333-353
Front Matter....Pages 355-355
European Integration and Telecommunication Productivity Convergence....Pages 357-377
Investment by Telecommunications Operators and Economic Growth — A Fenno-Scandinavian Perspective....Pages 379-402
Front Matter....Pages 355-355
European Union Mobile Telecommunications in the Context of Enlargement....Pages 403-426
Fourier-based Study of the Oscillatory Behaviour of the Telecommunications Industry....Pages 427-438
The CAPEX-to-SALES TRAP....Pages 439-458
Modelling Regulatory Distortions with Real Options: An Extension....Pages 459-478
Hardly anyone would doubt the potential of information technology (IT) to connect individuals, firms and organisations. Whether this power to connect will actually lead to the integration of markets and societies is a different issue. The articles collected in this book shed light on several aspects that are crucial for the success of global communication networks: they range from an appropriate framework for regulation and suitable strategies of firms that act as international players, to the inclusion of customers in defining product and service strategies, and from problems of access to advanced technology and networks for all groups in society regardless of their social status or geographical location to the role of new technologies in facilitating universal communication.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-VI
Introduction....Pages 1-8
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Rewriting U.S. Telecommunications Law with an Eye on Europe....Pages 11-36
A Quadratic Method for Evaluating the New Hungarian Act on Electronic Communications with Respect to the Policy and Regulatory Objectives....Pages 37-56
The Status of Regulation and Competition in Poland in the Advent of the Accession to the EU....Pages 57-77
Regulatory Framework and Industry Clockspeed....Pages 79-90
Front Matter....Pages 91-91
A Comparison of ENUM Field Trials....Pages 93-110
3G: Standardisation in a Techno-Economic Perspective....Pages 111-128
Architectural, Functional and Technical Foundations of Digital Rights Management Systems....Pages 129-145
Front Matter....Pages 147-147
Service Universalisation in Latin America: Network Evolution and Strategies....Pages 149-164
Sustainability of Community Online Access Centres....Pages 165-185
The SMS Bandwagon in Norway: What Made the Market?....Pages 187-201
How to Achieve the Goal of Broadband for All....Pages 203-226
Estimating the Demand for Voice over IP Services: A Contingent Valuation Approach....Pages 227-240
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
The Transformation of Media — Economic and Social Implications....Pages 243-271
Pluralism in Digital Broadcasting: Myths, Realities and the Boundaries of EU Action....Pages 273-294
New Perspectives on Mobile Service Development....Pages 295-308
“I-Mode” in Japan: How to Explain Its Development....Pages 309-332
Demand for Internet Access and Use in Spain....Pages 333-353
Front Matter....Pages 355-355
European Integration and Telecommunication Productivity Convergence....Pages 357-377
Investment by Telecommunications Operators and Economic Growth — A Fenno-Scandinavian Perspective....Pages 379-402
Front Matter....Pages 355-355
European Union Mobile Telecommunications in the Context of Enlargement....Pages 403-426
Fourier-based Study of the Oscillatory Behaviour of the Telecommunications Industry....Pages 427-438
The CAPEX-to-SALES TRAP....Pages 439-458
Modelling Regulatory Distortions with Real Options: An Extension....Pages 459-478
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