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Lessons from broadband development in Canada, Japan, Korea and the United States
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In this paper, the authors examine best practices in broadband network development with an eye toward determining the optimal mix of legislative, regulatory and investment initiatives, and conclude with suggestions how national governments might expedite broadband infrastructure development.About:
This article is published in Telecommunications Policy.The article was published on 2005-09-01. It has received 155 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Broadband mapping in the United States & Policies promoting wireless broadband in the United States.read more
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Technology and wages: Why firms invest and what happens
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the relationship between technology investment by firms and its outcomes, evaluating broadband diffusion in incumbent local exchange carriers' networks and its impact on the average real wage levels in incumbent firms.
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Efficiency of Public Promotions Policies in the Diffusion of Broadband Networks: An Exploratory Analysis
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyze if public promotion policies are a relevant factor in the success of broadband diffusion in specific countries of the European Union and other parts of the world, and determine the relationship between diffusion policies and the efficiency in terms of acceptance and use by individuals.
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Planning implications of telecommunication: Why telecommunication infrastructure? Why now?
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a collection of research and insights from planning scholars and practitioners involved with telecommunication infrastructure and technology, especially during the early NBN rollout, highlighting the contemporary significance, challenges and opportunities that telecommunication has provided to planning and policy.
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Revisiting Cyber-Diplomacy: Canada–China Relations Online
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that protest events in Hong Kong surrounding the #occupycentral movement help us understand the tension between internet access, technological innovation and state centric forms of internet governance.
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Identifying Best Practices in Financing Next Generation Networks
TL;DR: This article identifies best practices in NGN development using both case studies and a review of the current literature assessing government strategies to provide a toolkit of confirmed best practices.
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The Silicon Valley Edge: A Habitat for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
TL;DR: Chong-Moon Lee, William F. Miller, Marguerite Gong Hancock and Henry S. Rowen as mentioned in this paper discuss the role of lawyers in the development of Silicon Valley.
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Conceptualizing the ICT Artifact: Toward Understanding the Role of ICT in National Development
Maung K. Sein,G. Harindranath +1 more
TL;DR: This work uses recent concepts from the IT literature to propose an integrative framework to study the role of ICT in development and suggests that policymakers and donor agencies may find this framework useful in evaluating the potential impact of development interventions using ICT.
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The Growth of Broadband and Electronic Commerce in South Korea: Contributing Factors
TL;DR: It is suggested that the matching of demand and supply is the most important factor in the fast diffusion of broadband in Korea, and fierce infrastructure competition led to quality services at a low fixed price.
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Korea and the Knowledge-based Economy: Making the Transition
Carl Dahlman,Thomas Andersson +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors define a knowledge-based economy as one where knowledge is created, acquired, transmitted and used effectively by enterprises, organizations, individuals and communities, and make the case for better co-ordination among the government, the private sector and civil society to enhance competitiveness and advance economic and social development.
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Information and Communication Technologies and Broad-Based Development: A Partial Review of the Evidence
TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed some of the evidence linking telecommunications and the Internet and economic growth, the likely impact of these new ICTs on income inequality and anecdotal evidence regarding the role of the Internet in improving government services and governance.