Alternative telecommunications operators have continuously invested in their own infrastructure in recent years. After more than a decade since liberalization, competitive conditions have substantially changed, especially in urban areas. European regulatory authorities have acknowledged this...

So far no general exclusive frequency licenses have been granted in Poland through an auction. In the Regulatory Strategy until 2015, the President of the Office of Electronic Communications pointed to auction as a method of choosing companies which will be granted frequency licenses from 800...

Although it is clear that the evolution of fixed access networks requires the installation of Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) to all households, the business case for deploying such networks is very uncertain. It requires significant upfront investment, while not being assured of sufficient timely...

The traditional mobile industry expresses worries for the future due to converging technologies and new actors. Standards are the foundation for convergence, and have been central in all current subsectors of the mobile industry. However, subsectors have developed different technological...

The Internet ecosystem is rapidly and constantly expanding. In numerous sectors, the Internet has acted as a 'black hole', attracting the majority of transactions and leaving less and less space to the offline businesses. Among others, the Internet has dematerialized physical assets and...

In W.A. Mozart's opera Così Fan Tutte the protagonists are put through a social experiment to move from a state of innocence to one of experience. The goal is to understand that the idealized characterization of a perfect mate is unrealistic. We must accept the weaknesses of others as well as...

This presentation outlines a proposal for a new frame work for the provision of universal service aimed at solving the various issues inherent in community informatization, and goes on to look at the advantages and disadvantages of the proposed framework and review its feasibility. In order to...