The overall goal of the incorporation of QoE in the mobile networks deployment is related to optimizing end-user QoE, while making efficient use of network resources and maintaining a satisfied customer base that guarantees the commercial success of the provider's business model. However, the...

This paper models competition between two firms, which provide broadband In-ternet access in regional markets with different population densities. The firms, an incumbent and an entrant, differ in two ways. First, consumers bear costs when switching to the entrant. Second, the entrant faces a...

Because broadband is widely believed to be a precondition for economic prosperity and social progress, many governments have been improving the broadband environments in their respective countries. Net neutrality, which in its most basic form requires "equal" treatment for all Internet traffic,...