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Lessons from broadband development in Canada, Japan, Korea and the United States

Rob Frieden
- 01 Sep 2005 - 
- Vol. 29, Iss: 8, pp 595-613
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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.
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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.

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Factors and Sustainable Strategies Fostering the Adoption of Broadband Communications in an Enlarged European Union

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the results of a study that attempts to identify the main components that influence the development of broadband communications and access services, along with the analysis of sustainable strategies for fostering its further development, and briefly provides the appropriate combination of the relevant factors, methods and technologies for faster adoption of broadband communication technologies, contributing to adoption and enabling more rapid social cohesion and the regional inclusion of the new member states.
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Facilities to Service Based Competition, Not Service to Facilities Based, for Broadband Penetration and Investment: A Comparative Study between the United States and South Korea

TL;DR: In this paper, a literature review on broadband policy in the wholesale market and comparisons between two countries in Korea and the U.S. is presented, where the main concentration of the present study is policy factors related to the supply of broadband.
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Factors and sustainable strategies fostering the adoption of broadband communications in an enlarged European Union

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the results of a study that attempts to identify the main components that influence the development of broadband communications and access services, along with the analysis of sustainable strategies for fostering its further development, and briefly provides the appropriate combination of the relevant factors, methods and technologies for faster adoption of broadband communication technologies, contributing to adoption and enabling more rapid social cohesion and the regional inclusion of the new member states.
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Different Paths to Broadband Access: The Impact of Governance and Policy on Broadband Diffusion in the Developed and Developing Worlds

TL;DR: There is greater broadband diffusion in countries that have an administrative culture of sound governance and make a higher shared financial investment in information and communication technologies, when controlling for measures of economic, political, social and educational development.
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