This paper reexamines the effect of the regulatory regime on both penetration and coverage of broadband access to the … internet. The framework also allows for an evaluation of different public policy measures such as subsidization of broadband … population density for whether firms invest to provide internet access. The analysis reveals a trade-off between coverage and …

The Digital Agenda for Europe sets out clear goals for providing high speed broadband to all its residents, but leaves … dynamics of fixed broadband markets in two neighboring regions: Flanders, the northern part of Belgium, and the Netherlands … technology to offer broadband on the former analogue television network. However, in the race towards realizing the Digital …

are still mainly based into facilities investment competition. The large investment to deploy a new network into the … the optical fiber deployment to the home. On the other hand, the high demand for broadband creates new consumer habits … in the deployment of fiber networks to reduce the overall investment. The techno-economic model drawn in this paper is …

Efficient broadband technologies such as DSL, fibre, cable modem, powerline communications, UMTS, WLAN or WiMax are … powerful locational factors for an economy. Europe in particular should promote broadband communication further to tap into its … growth potential. But given the prevailing ownership structures in fixed wire business, the promotion of broadband must not …

This article discusses the danger of a growing digital divide between rural and other areas. It presents broadband as …. Access to broadband has become vital for rural communities to participate in a progressively digital economy and to overcome … problems of physical and social isolation. Yet rural areas are among those most excluded from fast broadband developments …

This discussion paper describes the methodology used to compute the Broadband Development Index (IDBA, Indice de … measuring the state of broadband development in the 26 Bank-member countries, as well as in additional reference countries (64 …