Telecommunications Policy
Broadband adoption and availability: Impacts on rural employment during COVID-19
Amidst COVID-19-related stay-at-home orders, the economy moved largely online and broadband internet became more important than ever. This paper explores the relationship between broadband and employment rates during April and May 2020 in rural US counties. We use two broadband dimensions: infrastructure availability rates and household adoption rates. We use a two-stage least squares approach to address endogeneity and control for socioeconomic, demographic, and pandemic-related factors.
Urbanization and sustainable development for inclusiveness using information and communication technology (Telecommunications Policy)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Tue, 02/01/2022 - 18:29Municipal fiber in the United States: A financial assessment
Despite growing interest in broadband provided by municipally-owned and operated fiber-to-the-home networks, the academic literature has yet to undertake a systematic assessment of these projects' financial performance. To fill this gap, we utilize municipalities' official reports to offer an empirical evaluation of the financial performance of every municipal fiber project in the US operating in 2010 through 2019.
Do ‘dig once’ and permitting policies improve fiber availability?
State and local governments have enacted different types of legislation aimed at improving broadband availability. Two unstudied policies of interest are: (1) “dig-once” policies requiring state-funded construction projects to notify local internet providers about the opportunity to bury conduit for easier wire installation in the future, and (2) permitting policies requiring an expeditious response from local jurisdictions regarding the installation of broadband equipment.
China 5G: Opportunities and Challenges (Telecommunications Policy)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Tue, 01/04/2022 - 11:17Why is South Korea at the forefront of 5G? Insights from technology systems theory (Telecommunications Policy)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Mon, 12/27/2021 - 17:22Patent pools in 5G: The principles for facilitating pool licensing (Telecommunications Policy)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 12/19/2021 - 16:24Analysing the C-Band spectrum auctions for 5G in Europe: Achieving efficiency and fair decisions in radio spectrum management (Telecommunications Policy)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Wed, 12/15/2021 - 13:36A deep dive into the birth process of linking 6G and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (Telecommunications Policy)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 11/21/2021 - 13:36A preview of the broadband fabric: Opportunities and issues for researchers and policymakers
The Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability (DATA) Act signed into law in March 2020 requires the development of a national “broadband serviceable location fabric (BSLF)” containing georeferenced information on all locations where fixed broadband could be installed. This represents a significant shift from prior datasets, where broadband availability was gauged from the estimated number of people/households in each Census Block (i.e., without geolocations).
Analysis of cybersecurity competencies: Recommendations for telecommunications policy (Telecommunications Policy)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 11/11/2021 - 15:13Concentration of the mobile telecommunications markets and countries’ competitiveness
This study examines how the level of concentration of a country’s mobile telecommunications market affects its competitiveness. We created a unique database with information on 59 countries, which we used to perform several estimations including an instrumental variable approach to explain the degree of concentration in mobile phone markets. Our first and direct estimation shows that the higher the concentration in the mobile market, the lower the countries’ competitiveness.
The advent of 5G and the non-discrimination principle (Telecommunications Policy)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Tue, 11/09/2021 - 11:30Ubiquitous technologies and 5G development. Who is leading the race?
The introduction of the fifth generation of mobile technology (5G) is expected to bring disruptive changes. These changes will be much more pervasive than any previous introduction of new mobile ‘generations’ and they are expected to influence the whole economy. For this reason, the global rush for 5G technology is not only considered crucial in economic or technological terms, but also for its implications in terms of geopolitics, international policy and national security.
A business case for 5G services in an industrial sea port area (Telecommunications Policy)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Sun, 10/31/2021 - 23:36Mobile payment and rural household consumption: Evidence from China (Telecommunications Policy)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Thu, 10/28/2021 - 12:40Is Netflix a threat to the cable TV industry? Evidence from Brazil (Telecommunications Policy)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 10/24/2021 - 13:10Regulation and innovation in 5G markets
This article examines the roles and consequences of different approaches to 5G market design for innovation. The analysis is grounded in a conceptual framework that explicitly considers the complementarities among networks, applications, and services. Good policy arrangements align the legal and regulatory framework with the technical and economic characteristics of the sector and the broader, social visions for new technologies.
Factors affecting the sustainability of telecentres in developing countries
Due to rapid technological changes, governments in developing countries have paid special attention to sustainability. However, understanding insights into the sustainability of telecentres remains an open question (Editor's note: telecentres are public places where people can access computers, the Internet, and other digital technologies). This paper aims to fill this gap. We conducted a case study analyzing the sustainability of telecentres in Vietnam.
Internet of things and the economics of 5G-based local industrial networks (Telecommunications Policy)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Tue, 10/12/2021 - 14:59What do we know about duopolies? Insights from the history of cellular phones (Telecommunications Policy)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Thu, 10/07/2021 - 17:12Willingness to pay and pricing for broadband across the rural/urban divide in Canada
Efforts to close the rural/urban digital divide in Canada have reached new heights in the wake of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and “stay-at-home” policies. Yet the extent to which the rural/urban digital divide extends to pricing and demand for broadband services is not well understood. Using a dataset of more than 4700 residential survey responses from southern Ontario, Canada, we assess the disparity in pricing and willingness to pay for broadband across rural and urban households.