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From Cybersecurity to Cybercrime: A Framework for Analysis and Implementation

Zaballos, Antonio García; Herranz, Félix González - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

This technical note outlines a framework for the analysis of cybersecurity, presenting considerations that are crucial to the success of a holistic and transversal cybersecurity strategy. It describes two essential pieces of the analysis: the broadband ecosystem and the basic terminology and...

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Methodology for the Broadband Development Index (IDBA) for Latin America and the Caribbean

Zaballos, Antonio García; Herranz, Félix González; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014

This discussion paper describes the methodology used to compute the Broadband Development Index (IDBA, Indice de Desarrollo de la Banda Ancha). The main goal of the IDBA is to size the Digital Divide in Latin America and the Caribbean by measuring the state of broadband development in the 26...

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Telecommunications Regulation: An Introduction

Economides, Nicholas - NYU Stern School of Business - 2004

This paper examines the justifications, history, and practice ofregulation in the US telecommunications sector. We … telephony (VOIP). We also examine the impact of the 1996Telecommunications Act on market structure and strategy in … never be realized in local telecommunications inthe fashion that the 1996 prescribed. The decision of AT&T to stopmarketing …

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Geographically differentiated NGA deployment

Tselekounis, Markos; Xylogianni, Eirini; Varoutas, Dimitris - International Telecommunications Society (ITS) - 2013

This paper studies the incentives of an unregulated monopolist to undertake the socially optimal investment in NGA networks when it takes into account the fact that the NGA deployment is a two-dimensional investment decision concerning both the quality (or equivalently, technology) and the...

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The Frontier of Broadband Adoption Across the OECD: A Comparison of Performance

Ford, George; Koutsky, Thomas; Spiwak, Lawrence - In: International Economic Journal 25 (2011) 1, pp. 111-123

targeted at improving or mitigating the adverse effects of underlying demographic and economic conditions, such as computer …

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Broadband infrastructure: The regulatory framework, market transparency and risk-sharing partnerships are the key factors

Heng, Stefan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

a monopoly in the telecommunications sector, which would have a detrimental long-term impact, the public sector can in …

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Access regulation and investment in next generation networks: A ranking of regulatory regimes

Nitsche, Rainer; Wiethaus, Lars - European School of Management and Technology (ESMT) - 2009

This paper analyses how different types of access regulation to next generation networks affect investments and consumer welfare. The model consists of an investment stage with uncertain returns and subsequent quantity competition. The access price is a function of investment costs and the...

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Engineering analysis and economic evaluation of broadband fixed wireless access in developing country: wireless city in Thailand

Ritthisoonthorn, Pichet; Ahmed, Kazi M.; Krairit, … - In: International Journal of Services, Economics and Management 4 (2012) 1, pp. 43-61

focuses on the technological and economical assessments of WiMAX, in a specific developing telecommunications market. The …

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Telecommunications Regulation: An Introduction

Economides, Nicholas - NET Institute - 2004

This paper examines the justifications, history, and practice of regulation in the US telecommunications sector. We … telephony (VOIP). We also examine the impact of the 1996 Telecommunications Act on market structure and strategy in conjunction … with the history of regulation and antitrust intervention in the telecommunications sector. After discussing the impact of …

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UMTS broadband mobile technology is a reality – Confounding many expectations

Heng, Stefan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

services still harbours a big risk for the entire telecommunications sector. …

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