Deployment of broadband for everyone has become a major policy objective in many countries, including Japan and the U ….S. Recently, the U.S. announced a National Broadband Plan which is aimed at providing 100 million households with access to 100 … Mbps broadband services by 2020. The purpose of this paper is to conduct an empirical analysis to identify factors …

Deployment of broadband for everyone has become a major policy objective in many countries, including Japan and the U ….S. Recently, the U.S. announced a National Broadband Plan which is aimed at providing 100 million households with access to 100 … Mbps broadband services by 2020. The purpose of this paper is to conduct an empirical analysis to identify factors …

Deployment of broadband, particularly, FTTx, is now one of major policy objectives in many countries, including Japan …, Korea, and the U.S., for example. The U.S. announced a National Broadband Plan which aimed at providing 100 million … households with access to 100 Mbps broadband services by 2020. The purpose of this paper is to conduct an empirical analysis to …

unbundling regulations on new optical-fiber lines. I find that unbundling regulation prevents new providers from building optical … particular, when a new technology is introduced, unbundling regulation has an oligopolization effect on the regulated firms. This … finding in the Japanese telecommunications industry suggests that unbundling regulation during periods of new technology …

available connectivity. This paper examines the factors that influence the quality of fixed and mobile broadband access in OECD … interaction of supply, demand, policy, and contextual factors. We explore the drivers of broadband access and quality and … quality upgrades of fixed and mobile access networks. We also find evidence that regulatory interventions such as unbundling …

Governments around the world recognise widespread broadband access as a facilitator of economic growth. As a result we … observe that many countries have introduced National Broadband Policies which set ambitious targets for broadband coverage … areas of a country where fixed networks are not viable, mobile will likely be the primary form of broadband access. Whilst …