Telecommunications Policy

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Volume 49, issue 5, 2025

Building an ecosystem for mobile broadband measurement: Methods and policy challenges

Zoraida Frias, William Lehr and Volker Stocker

The “Netflix effect” revisited: OTT video, media globalization and digital sovereignty in 4 countries

Damian Tambini

Automating spectrum sharing: A bottom-up approach and research agenda

William Lehr, Randall Berry, Igor Kadota, Carlos E. Caicedo Bastidas, Kangle Mu, Zongyun Xie and Irfan Tamim

Sourcing behavior and the role of news media in AI-powered search engines in the digital media ecosystem: Comparing political news retrieval across five languages

Cornelia Brantner, Michael Karlsson and Joanne Kuai

Promoting free flows via competition law: An AI industry blueprint for Southeast Asia

Chad Patrick Osorio and Jamlech Iram Gojo Cruz

A question of strategic legislation: Can the EU deal with cybersecurity issues in space?

Francesco Cappelletti and Vagelis Papakonstantinou

Evaluating structural and behavioral remedies for anticompetitive conducts in the ad tech ecosystem

Alexander Witte and Jan Krämer

Greening the telecommunications industry – Consumer preferences and surcharges for environmental attributes of mobile phone plans

Jessica Mazurek and Raul Prey

Using spectrum set-asides to address distributional objectives: Lessons from Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States

Bronwyn E. Howell and Petrus H. Potgieter

Unravelling digital divides in the Emilia-Romagna region through the poset approach

Claudia Zola

Volume 49, issue 4, 2025

Crisis-ready telecom: Global approaches to emergency management in telecommunications

Peter Jiang, Joe Rowsell and Stephen Schmidt

Customer churn prediction for fixed wireless access: The case of a regional internet service provider

Kurt A. Pflughoeft, Nikolaus T. Butz and Alick Corbley

Impacts of the USDA Community Connect broadband program on broadband speeds in rural areas

Joshua Goldstein and John Pender

How to relieve mobile network overload from mobile over-the-top (OTT) traffic: Proposing a user-based content-sharing solution

Hee Soo Kim, Yumi Jang, Sang Hyun Lee and Seongcheol Kim

Does artificial intelligence matter for the population aging-inclusive growth nexus? International evidence

Huwei Wen, Junjie Shang and Xuan-Hoa Nghiem

Critical junctures in United Kingdom telecommunications policy

Ewan Sutherland

Assessing digitalization and the economy: A dynamic recursive CGE modelling approach

David Okorie, Adeniran Adedeji and Chinedu Ifionu

Tech diplomacy and Critical Technologies: Case of the LEO satellite internet

Kamel Dine Remili, Nadjoua Bouzourine, Riad Hartani and Adel Belouchrani

From vulnerabilities to resilience: Taiwan's semiconductor industry and geopolitical challenges

Roger Chifeng Liu, Hsin-wei Tang, Yuchen Kao and Yuntsai Chou

Volume 49, issue 3, 2025

Framing metaverse identity: A multidimensional framework for governing digital selves

Liang Yang, Yan Xu and Pan Hui

Into the next generation of digital protection: AI resiliency as a public responsibility

Eli Noam

A market analysis on data ecosystem initiators and their value propositions in different ecosystems

Maarten de Mildt, Sofie Verbrugge and Didier Colle

A study on Metaverse risk factors and user risk perception in South Korea

SunKyung Shin and Jooyeun Park

A dispute between Netflix and SK Broadband in South Korea: Who should pay the network usage fees?

Jihong Kim and Heejin Lee

Economic, political, and social factors impeding the regulation of digital platforms

Martha Garcia-Murillo and Ian MacInnes

An empirical analysis on relationships between over-the-top applications for communication and traditional mobile voice services

Chate Khemakongkanonth

It's just distributed computing: Rethinking AI governance

Milton L. Mueller

Different approaches to Spanish e-government: From use to impact

Covadonga Gijón, Fernando Fernández-Bonilla and Aurora Ruíz-Rúa

Dualistic nature of the 4IR: Investigating the economy-wide impacts of the 4IR with a focus on Korean economy using a CGE analysis

Yeongjun Yeo, Won-Sik Hwang, Kiyoon Shin, Chanyoung Hong, Inha Oh, Sungmoon Jung and Jeong-Dong Lee

Volume 49, issue 2, 2025

Beyond geopolitics: Agency and modularity in mobile telecommunications in Kazakhstan

Oyuna Baldakova and Elisa Oreglia

Perspectives on political influences on changes in telecommunications and internet economy markets

Bronwyn Howell, Fernando Herrera González, Georg Serentschy, Mark Jamison, Petrus Potgieter, Roslyn Layton and Íñigo Herguera García

Regional mapping of ICT specialization and adoption of industry 4.0 technologies in Greece

Dimitrios Stamopoulos, Petros Dimas, Evangelos Siokas and Aggelos Tsakanikas

Niche analysis of competition among music streaming services in Korea

Saehe Shin and Seongcheol Kim

The impact of FoMO and FoBO on YouTube summary video consumption: A social identity perspective

In-Young Park and Hyung-Min Kim

Assessing the impacts of low-earth orbital satellite systems in remote indigenous communities: Social and economic outcomes of use in northern Canada

Rob McMahon, Murat Akçayır, Brenda Norris and Lyle Fabian

Volume 49, issue 1, 2025

Pacing the digital decade: Digital evolution and its impact on human well-being

Eleni Laitsou, Dimitris Katsianis, Apostolos Xenakis and Vassilis C. Gerogiannis

Tourism usage of digital collaborative economy platforms in Europe: Situation, behaviours, and implications for the digital policies

Adrián Mendieta-Aragón, Laura Rodríguez-Fernández and Julio Navío-Marco

Regulatory and spectrum policy challenges for combined airspace and non-terrestrial networks

Bengt Mölleryd, Mustafa Ozger, Morgan Westring, Anders Nordlöw, Dominic Schupke, Ulrika Engström, Cicek Cavdar, Michael Lindborg and Nunzio Sciammetta

Rethinking poverty: An econometric analysis of the role of ICT poverty in a global context

Angela Stefania Bergantino, Mario Intini and Younes Nademi

Digitalization and country distance in international trade: An empirical analysis of European countries

Thuy Linh Cao and Judy Hsu

Digital connectivity and the SDGs: Conceptualising the link through an institutional resilience lens

Shirin Madon and Silvia Masiero

Bridging the digital divide: Analyzing subsidy allocation efficiency in telecom sector reforms

Abdul Kayum, Md. Shahnawaz Abdin, Brajesh Mishra and Amaan Kayum

Electronic toll collection (ETC) on highways: Global trends, Vietnam's experience, and policy lessons

Khuong Vu

Volume 48, issue 10, 2024

Two paths of balancing technology and ethics: A comparative study on AI governance in China and Germany

Viktor Tuzov and Fen Lin

Privacy and personal data risk governance for generative artificial intelligence: A Chinese perspective

Xiongbiao Ye, Yuhong Yan, Jia Li and Bo Jiang

Promoting the adoption of digital technology: Strategic policy insights from a network effects model

Khuong Vu, Ibrahim Kholilul Rohman and Erik Bohlin

Digital discrimination under disparate impact: A legal and economic analysis

Thomas Beard, George S. Ford and Lawrence J. Spiwak

Why do users perceive digital platforms as indispensable to their lives?: A study on KakaoTalk in Korea

Jaeyoung Park and Seongcheol Kim

Technological literacy and employment: An inquiry into the adoption of learning technologies

Nazire Begen and Hilal Atasoy

Internet of Things, critical infrastructures, and the governance of cybersecurity in 5G network slicing

Günter Knieps

Assessing the substitutability of mobile and fixed internet: The impact of 5G services on consumer valuation and price elasticity

Mikolaj Czajkowski, Wojciech Zawadzki, Grzegorz Bernatek and Maciej Sobolewski

Analysis of Internet development and internal digital divide by using the “.it” domain names as an indicator: Evidence from Italy

Michela Serrecchia

Assessing the economy-wide impacts of digital transformation in the Korean economy: A social accounting matrix multiplier approach

Yeongjun Yeo and Sungmoon Jung

Does affordable Internet promote maternal and child healthcare access? Evidence from a post-telecommunication market disruption period in India

Vinayak Krishnatri and Sukumar Vellakkal

Willingness to pay for broadband: A case study of Wisconsin

Mckenzie Boyce

Volume 48, issue 9, 2024

Exacerbating the divide? Investigating rural inequalities in high speed broadband availability

Seraphim Dempsey and Aislinn Hoy

An open-access market for global communications

Peter Cramton, Erik Bohlin, Simon Brandkamp, Jason Dark, Darrell Hoy, Albert S. Kyle, David Malec, Axel Ockenfels and Chris Wilkens

New technologies and income inequalities into Sub-Saharan Africa: Using a new technological indicator

Christ Arsène Ouinsou and Augustin Foster Comlan Chabossou

Digital economy, technical change and total factor productivity: Empirical evidence from high-tech industry in China

Linyan Zhang, Chunyu Hu, Chuanyin Guo and Jianguo Wang

The role of blockchain for trade in global value chains: A systematic literature review and guidance for future research

Moritz Böhmecke-Schwafert

Consumer data protection laws and their impact on business models in the tech industry

Mohsin Ali Farhad

State aid for broadband network deployment: National and subnational governance mechanisms, 2003–2023

Luis Manica, Bruno Damásio and Sandro Mendonça

Legitimacy considerations in regulation for local mobile communication network business in Finland and the UK

Oxana Gisca, Marja Matinmikko-Blue, Petri Ahokangas, Jillian Gordon and Seppo Yrjölä

Volume 48, issue 8, 2024

Working from home, job tasks, and productivity

Mingyu Jiang, Kengo Yasui and Kazufumi Yugami

Evaluating digital skills policies: Assessing the potential impact of outreach programs in Italy

Francesco Olivanti and Luca Gastaldi

Understanding uptake in demand-side broadband subsidy programs: The affordable connectivity program case

John B. Horrigan, Brian E. Whitacre and Hernan Galperin

Regulating data sales: The role of data selling mechanisms

Laura Abrardi, Carlo Cambini and Flavio Pino

Cloud computing and rural globalization: Evidence for the U.S. nonfarm economy

Luyi Han, Timothy Wojan and Stephan J. Goetz

The faster the better? Advanced internet access and student performance

Carlo Cambini, Lorien Sabatino and Sarah Zaccagni

Assessing the effectiveness of OTT services, branded apps, and gamified loyalty giveaways on mobile customer churn in the telecom industry: A machine-learning approach

Omer Bugra Kirgiz, Meltem Kiygi-Calli, Sendi Cagliyor and Maryam El Oraiby

Digital transformation, blockchain, and the music industry: A review from the perspective of performers’ collective management organizations

Alberto Arenal, Cristina Armuna, Sergio Ramos, Claudio Feijoo and Juan Miguel Aguado

Spatial econometric analysis of the digital divide in Thailand at the sub-district level: Patterns and determinants

Prasongchai Setthasuravich, Kulacha Sirikhan and Hironori Kato

From broadband adoption to climate action: Key considerations in the development of climate policies across OECD countries

SarahKate Palmer, Joe Rowsell and Stephen Schmidt

Special issue editorial “The impact of modern broadband networks on Energy Consumption and CO2 emissions”

Wolfgang Briglauer, Monika Koeppl-Turyna and Joe Rowsell

Volume 48, issue 7, 2024

Contextual integrity of loyalty programs, compromised? Interrogating consumer health data practices and networked actors in the U.S. retail sector

Jeeyun Sophia Baik and Jordan Famularo

How does technological value drive 6G development? Explanation from a systematic framework

Panwei Xiang, Muhua Wei, Huili Liu, Lianren Wu and Jiayin Qi

A decision model for OTT service users to adopt wireless D2D caching networks: Exploring the Korean case

Yumi Jang and Seongcheol Kim

Is pay-or-consent for privacy justifiable? Evidence from different users' privacy attitudes toward behavioral data collection in South Korea

Sangjun Nam and Youngsun Kwon

A systematic review of mobile payment literature: What has been studied and what should be studied?

Jinkyung Ha, Changi Nam and Seongcheol Kim

Conceptualizing participation: Defining and analyzing public participation in policymaking processes

Moshe Schwartz and Amit M. Schejter

Measuring information as an expanding resource: Information production and its TFP-information absorption ecosystem “multiplier”

Mary Merva and Simona Costagli

Socioeconomic benefits of high-speed broadband availability and service adoption: A survey

Wolfgang Briglauer, Jan Krämer and Nicole Palan (born Höhenberger)

Learning from the neighbors: The diffusion of state broadband policies in the United States

Ryan Yang Wang and Krishna Jayakar

Assessing the European association between digitalization and innovation

Félix Hernández de Rojas, Pilar Rodríguez Pita and Jorge Emiliano Pérez Martínez

Volume 48, issue 6, 2024

Broadband adoption in Algeria and the structural determinants of its pace

Radia Bacha, Farid Gasmi and Samantha Metevier

A hard look at quality and policy from the lens of the rural internet consumer

Angela K. Hollman, Timothy R. Obermier and Jesse R. Andrews

Understandings of the AI business ecosystem in South Korea: AI startups’ perspective

Jinyoung Nam, Yoonhyuk Jung and Junghwan Kim

Digital infrastructure empowerment and urban carbon emissions: Evidence from China

Kaicheng Liao and Juan Liu

Kids content as IPTV operator's new differentiator: The Korean case

Chaeyun Jang and Seongcheol Kim

Reviewing wireless broadband technologies in the peak smartphone era: 6G versus Wi-Fi 7 and 8

Edward Oughton, Giovanni Geraci, Michele Polese, Vijay Shah, Dean Bubley and Scott Blue

Need for speed: Fiber and student achievement

Richard Cole Campbell

Does digital literacy reduce the risk of returning to poverty? Evidence from China

Di Zhou, Fangjing Zha, Wenyan Qiu and Xiaoru Zhang

An unexpected digital divide? A look at internet speeds and socioeconomic groups

Roberto Gallardo and Brian Whitacre

Key value indicators: A framework for values-driven next-generation ICT solutions

Gustav Wikström, Nona Bledow, Marja Matinmikko-Blue, Henning Breuer, Cristina Costa, George Darzanos, Anastasius Gavras, Tobias Hossfeld, Ioanna Mesogiti, Katrina Petersen, Pawani Porambage, Razvan-Andrei Stoica and Stefan Wunderer

Volume 48, issue 5, 2024

African agency in ICT infrastructure provider choice: Navigating access to foreign finance and technology

Stephanie Arnold

Consumer-driven design and evaluation of broadband labels

Christopher Choy, Ellie Young, Megan Li, Lorrie Faith Cranor and Jon M. Peha

Evaluating the regulation of social media: An empirical study of the German NetzDG and Facebook

Sabrina Maaß, Jil Wortelker and Armin Rott

Equitable access to satellite broadband services: Challenges and opportunities for developing countries

Berna Akcali Gur and Joanna Kulesza

Citation politics: The gender gap in internet governance

Fernanda R. Rosa, Kimberly Anastácio, Maria Vitoria Pereira de Jesus and Hemanuel Jhosé A. Veras

The place of content ranking algorithms on the AI risk spectrum

Judit Bayer

An agent of change: Youth meta-participation at the internet governance forum

Nadia Tjahja and Diana Potjomkina

Does displaying one's IP location influence users' privacy behavior on social media? Evidence from China's Weibo

Yu-li Liu, Yanfei Wu, Changyan Li, Chuling Song and Wen-yi Hsu

The academic industry’s response to generative artificial intelligence: An institutional analysis of large language models

Nir Kshetri

Volume 48, issue 4, 2024

Valuing the virtual: The impact of fiber to the home on property prices in France

Jean-Baptiste Guiffard

Mobile network operators’ business risks in next-generation public safety services

Tapio Savunen, Pekka Kekolahti, Petri Mähönen, Heikki Hämmäinen and Kalevi Kilkki

Agents of platform governance: Analyzing U.S. civil society's role in contesting online content moderation

Dakoda Trithara

Model analysis on the economic impact of paid peering: Implications of the Netflix vs. SK broadband dispute

Toshiya Jitsuzumi

The efficiency analysis of media companies: An application of DEA and Malmquist indices

Yonghee Kim and Sungjin Yoo

Delivering content: Modular broadcasting technology and the role of content delivery networks

Helle Sjøvaag, Ragnhild Kr. Olsen and Raul Ferrer-Conill

Law in orbit: International legal perspectives on cyberattacks targeting space systems

Brianna Bace, Yasir Gökce and Unal Tatar

The role of Video on Demand in stimulating broadband adoption

Raul Katz, Juan Jung and Fernando Callorda

Exploring killer domains to create new value: A comparative case study of Canadian and Korean telcos

Chulmin Lim, Joe Rowsell and Seongcheol Kim

Analyzing the relationship between the experience of intimate partner violence and female internet use in Nigeria

Richard Adeleke, Ayodeji Emmanuel Iyanda and Chinonso Chris-Emenyonu

Volume 48, issue 3, 2024

Developing a conceptual framework for digital platform literacy

Seungyeon Ha and Seongcheol Kim

Measuring the digital economy in Vietnam

Dang Thi Viet Duc, Tran Tho Dat, Dang Huyen Linh and Bui Xuan Phong

Analysis of the evolution characteristics of international ICT services trade based on complex network

Yihan Zhang, Jinwen Xu and Wancheng Yang

Could information and communication technology (ICT) reduce carbon emissions? The role of trade openness and financial development

Qiang Wang, Sailan Hu and Rongrong Li

The integrated sphere of coopetition of digital services and the regulatory approach of diagonal equity

Rohit Prasad and V Sridhar

ICT sector electricity consumption and greenhouse gas emissions – 2020 outcome

Jens Malmodin, Nina Lövehagen, Pernilla Bergmark and Dag Lundén

Leaking my face via payment: Unveiling the influence of technology anxiety, vulnerabilities, and privacy concerns on user resistance to facial recognition payment

Xiaoxue Zhang and Zizhong Zhang

Evolved spectrum usage rights: A catalyst for liberal spectrum management reform

William Webb, Arturas Medeisis and Leo Fulvio Minervini

The age-based digital divides in China: Trends and socioeconomic differentials (2010–2020)

Wei Ren and Xiaowen Zhu

Broadband, rural contexts and local economic dynamics

Sharon Strover, Jaewon Choi and Alexis Schrubbe

Volume 48, issue 2, 2024

Network slicing and net neutrality

Christopher S. Yoo

EU technology-specific industrial policy. The case of 5G and 6G

Maria Alessandra Rossi

Multi-perspective approach for developing sustainable 6G mobile communications

Marja Matinmikko-Blue, Seppo Yrjölä and Petri Ahokangas

Creating value from 5G: The challenge for mobile operators

Jason Whalley and Peter Curwen

Analyzing the competitiveness and strategies of Chinese mobile network operators in the 5G era

Yu-li Liu, Li Tian, Changyan Li and Yanfei Wu

How is mobile broadband intensity affecting CO2 emissions? – A macro analysis

Harald Edquist and Pernilla Bergmark

Internet price, speed, and disparity: The case of rural healthcare providers in the United States

Maysam Rabbani

Blockchain for sustainability: A systematic literature review for policy impact

Catherine Mulligan, Suzanne Morsfield and Evîn Cheikosman

Systematic analysis of the blockchain in the energy sector: Trends, issues, and future directions

Chao-Qun Ma, Yu-Tian Lei, Yi-Shuai Ren, Xun-Qi Chen, Yi-Ran Wang and Seema Narayan

The future service scenarios of 6G telecommunications technology

Hyunjin Shin, Sanghyun Park, Leehee Kim, Jinseob Kim, Taeeun Kim, Youngkeun Song and Sungjoo Lee

Taking Gerschenkron to the Field: Attitudes towards Digitalization Hopes and Fears about the Future of Work in Ghana

Evans Awuni and Achim Kemmerling

A centrality analysis of the Lightning Network

Philipp Zabka, Klaus-T. Förster, Christian Decker and Stefan Schmid

Analysis of Thailand's fixed broadband internet services demand: A merger screening of AIS and 3BB

Thunwar Phansatarn and Chalita Srinuan

Volume 48, issue 1, 2024

Introducing consumer durable digital services into the BEA digital economy satellite account

Benjamin Bridgman, Tina Highfill and Jon Samuels

Promotion of high-capacity broadband in the face of increasing global stress

J. Scott Marcus, Alicia Garcia Herrero and Lionel Guetta-Jeanrenaud

Do capital incentive policies support today’s digitization needs?

Raphaela Andres, Thomas Niebel and Steffen Viete

21st century progress in computing

Diane Coyle and Lucy Hampton

Exploring the contributors to the digital economy: Insights from Vietnam with comparisons to Thailand

Khuong Vu and Trung Nguyen

An analysis of ICT hardware manufacturing in industrialized economies: Growth patterns, productivity performance, and driving Forces

Khuong Vu and Juergen Amann

Informality and aggregate labor productivity growth: Does ICT moderate the relationship?

Abdul Azeez Erumban