Improved internet connectivity has been a consistent aim of Japanese telecommunications policy in the past decades, however, despite the high availability of high speed and ultra-high speed broadband services, actual use has yet to match network capacity. This study hopes to explore this paradox...

This study attempted to analyze the effect of regulation and political stability in allocation of mobile telecommunication investments in the African continent between year 2001 and 2011. In order to better understand the dynamics of investment in telecommunications, a framework was developed to...

This paper investigates how spectrum policy affects the diffusion of innovation in the telecommunications sector, and is part of a general discussion on expanding spectrum policy aims to address sector innovativeness. We argue that innovation can be analytically depicted not only as the...

Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Development of Infrastructure Sharing in the Mobile Market -- Chapter 2. Regulating Online Platforms -- Chapter 3. Interdependency on the Data Platform and its Effect on the Diffusion of Autonomous Driving -- Chapter 4. Video/Visual Content Industry in...

This research aims to examine the relation between Over-The-Top (OTT) services and mobile telephony. It will also investigate factors affecting customer use of OTT services. Such services have been increasing in terms of revenue and intensity of usage; conversely, revenue from mobile telephony...

This paper focuses on the relationship between over-the-top (OTT) and traditional communications services. Many analysts have stated OTT communications services might soon replace other communication services; however, the empirical study of this assumption is scarce, especially in the case of...

The ubiquity of mobile devices such as smartphones, laptops, tablets, and mobile routers drives unprecedented mobile data traffic every year. However, the actual mobile data usage per subscriber or data volume delivered to the subscriber varies significantly between operators and nations....