Chapter 1 – Defining and rationalising digital towns -- Chapter 2 – Measuring digital readiness -- Chapter 3 – Connectivity -- Chapter 4 – Digital Citizen -- Chapter 5 – Digital Education -- Chapter 6 – Digital Civil Society -- Chapter 7 – Digital Business -- Chapter 8 – Digital...

Bridging the broadband digital divide between urban and rural areas in Europe is one of the main targets stated in the Digital Agenda for Europe. Though many solutions are proposed in literature, satellite communication has been identified as the only possible solution for rural areas, due to...

This volume was prepared by Constantin Mang while he was working at the Ifo Institute. It was completed in 2014 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It includes a short introduction and four self-contained chapters that focus on ICT...