New information and communication technologies unquestionably brought about enormous changes that resulted in an ever-increasing networked society. Indeed, there is no area in the social and economic world which is unaffected by the recent advances. In response to these changes scientists from...

Die Gigabitstrategie der Bundesregierung verfolgt das Ziel, Handlungsempfehlungen zu entwickeln, um den nachhaltigen Ausbau von Gigabitnetzen weiter zu stärken. Die Infrastrukturen sollen nicht nur die Erreichung der Klimaziele anderer Sektoren unterstützen, sondern auch aktiv zu globalen...

Options for cost efficient expansion of present district heat networks in Germany are in the scope of this work. It develops a bottom-up model approach studying a broad variety of scenarios on network expansion until 2030.

In this paper, we study how the coexistence of access regulations for legacy (copper) and fiber networks shapes the incentives to invest in network infrastructure. To this end, we develop a theoretical model explaining investment incentives by incumbent telecom operators and heterogeneous...