European mobile communication markets are two-stage markets which are composed of the infrastructure (the network and its components) and the service markets (telephony, mobile internet, SMS). In contrast to most other network-based markets there are multiple fully integrated providers which...

The paper explores the role of coordination mechanisms with an emphasis on next generation digital innovations, many of them related to the Internet of Things (IoT) and 5G wireless services. Much of the discussion on the conditions that support Internet-based innovation focused on modular...

Telecom network equipment markets continue to play a significant role in shaping the global information and communications system. At one level, network equipment influences network performance attributes and has direct bearings on the dynamics of innovation at higher layers of the Internet...

This paper will examine the FCC’s March, 2015 Open Internet Order with an eye to assessing whether and how the Commission can successfully defend its decision in an appellate court. On two prior occasions, the FCC failed to convince a reviewing court that proposed regulatory safeguards do not...

Spanish Abstract: Este artículo es producto de la revisión bibliográfica sobre la utilización de las Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicaciones (TIC's) y su nivel de aplicación en la industria colombiana a través del análisis de algunos estudios existentes. Para esto se parte de...

Enterprise data services or "special access," was largely deregulated in the 1990's, driving impressive investment and new competition from cable, fiber, and Ethernet providers. Prices have fallen, speeds have increased, and both buyers and resellers have multiple providers to choose from in...

In February, the FCC approved a plan to require Pay TV providers to adopt new technical standards for set-top boxes, one that would open multiple “Information Flows,” including licensed programming and the viewing habits of consumers, to unregulated third parties. While the Commission’s...

In November 2000, Vodaphone (then J-Phone) introduced the world's first camera phone made by Sharp. It was an instant hit with Japanese youth. At the time, Vodaphone was Japan's number three service provider trailing the market leader DoCoMo, run by NTT, and the second place service provider au,...

Junk email or spam is rapidly choking off email as a reliable and efficient means of communication over the Internet. While the demand for human attention increases rapidly with the volume of information and communication, the supply of attention hardly changes. Markets are a social institution...

The Internet of Things is at risk of becoming a victim of its own popularity. Today, the IoT market is generating $200 billion in revenue, a number expected to triple in the next 10 years. But a rush to market by developers of consumer IoT products and services has been accompanied by shortcuts...