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percentage points increase in internet penetration rates. This is a huge increase, meaning that the deployment of these cables … has almost doubled the penetration of Internet in the sub-continent's population. On the other hand, exogenous sources of … internet and mobile penetration rates, to lower investments in ICTs, and to increase mobile-cellular tariffs and the wireline …
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Europeans with access to much higher internet speeds of above 30 Mbps is feasible when the demand for NGA-based services is … significantly elastic, whereas the second objective of providing internet connection speeds of 100 Mbps to 50% or more of European …
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This paper exploits variations in the timing of telecommunications reforms across Europe to analyze the relationship … between the rise of alternative work arrangements and the emergence of the Internet. The paper evaluates whether sectors that … changes in their employment outcomes after telecommunications reforms were introduced. The main results point to a …
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The importance of connectivity is growing across the world as the need for access to information and communication technologies is becoming more important for economic development. This paper presents the concept of the connectivity frontier as the expected achievable level of commercially...
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Across different metrics, the ICT performance of the Philippines remains subpar compared to ASEAN members and other countries at the same level of development. The quality of the country's ICT regulatory environment, composed of regulatory authority, regulatory mandate, regulatory regime, and...
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telecommunications with Internet and broadcasting services. The criteria used by the regulatory authorities to identify those network …This paper provides an overview of telecommunications regulation in the U.S. and in Europe. For each region the history … of telecommunications regulations as well as the current regulatory regime is portrayed. The focus of this overview is on …
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performance of local demand from a detailed database of broadband internet subscribers, discriminated by the main attributes of an … internet subscription contract as location, supplier, monthly-fee, download- and upload-speed features. From these results, we … are able to identify the effect of quality regulation on the behavior of internet providers in a differentiated product …
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This paper presents the problems of the deployment of telecommunication networks and the role of public policies in order to fulfil the Digital Agenda for Europe targets regarding basic broadband universal service for 2013 and the 30 Mbps universal availability for 2020 for the case of Spain....
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