Based on platform theory, this paper discusses the concept of platform ambiguity in mobile service provision, arguing that fundamental uncertainty exists not only about the boundaries and interfaces, but about the nature itself of a mobile service platform. It refers to the concept of gatekeeper...

This paper examines four innovative digital news initiatives in the Belgian market. The business models of the cases are described using an analytical tool to expose their differences and similarities. The initiatives were all launched by different types of actors in the ICT- and media industry,...

The paper explores the positions and requirements of the present-day stakeholders in the European mobile industry through a series of 16 recent and in-depth expert interviews with strategists and decision makers from three important stakeholder groups, i.e. mobile operators, telecom vendors, and...

In order to make sense of the plethora of platform initiatives being currently introduced in the mobile industry, and with the aim of refining platform theory, this paper proposes and illustrates a typology of mobile service platforms. It demonstrates that (1) real-life examples of the proposed...

This paper provides an overview of some of the main issues studied in media economics, and aims to demonstrate the usefulness, if not the necessity, for media scholars to have an understanding of this field. Traditionally, focal topics of media economics referred to consumer preferences and...

This article aims to better frame the role of open data in the divergent operationalisations and interpretations of the smart city concept. We start by exploring top-down approaches to the smart city, followed by what purely bottom-up initiatives can look like. A clear overview of stakeholders'...

This paper provides a theoretically grounded framework for designing and analysing business models for (mobile) ICT services and systems. It reviews the most topical literature on business modelling, as well as general strategic management, industrial economics and network economics literature,...

Various public and private stakeholders are creating, supporting and using environments for joint testing and experimenting of broadband innovations. This paper proposes a conceptual framework of test and experimentation platforms (TEPs), that differentiates six types of TEPs, based on a.o....