In recent years, the preference for purely private funding and ownership of telecommunications networks has given way to a 'new wisdom' that some form of public funding is now necessary if faster and more capacious Next Generation Networks (NGNs) are to be constructed in a timely fashion. The...

New Zealand stands apart from its OECD counterparts as one of the few countries pursuing government investment in a nationwide fibre network. As in the past, when it stood apart with its 'light-handed' regulatory approach, New Zealand's experience can inform other jurisdictions. This paper...

In the COVID-19 pandemic, even as vaccines became more accessible, contact tracing remained important [@fetzer2021measuring; @ferguson2020impact; @pierucci2020joint]. Huge resources have been used to expand testing and tracing capabilities, including smartphone applications. This paper builds on...