Telecommunication Markets: Drivers and Impediments

Book Overview

Theoretical Perspectives.- General Access Payment Mechanisms.- Competition and Cooperation in Internet Backbone Services.- A Behavioral Economic Interpretation of the Preference for Flat Rates: The Case of Post-paid Mobile Phone Services.- Regulation of International Roaming Charges - The Way to Cost-Based Prices?.- Internet Issues.- Substitution Between DSL, Cable, and Mobile Broadband Internet Services.- Search Engines for Audio-Visual Content: Copyright Law and Its Policy Relevance.- Search Engines, the New Bottleneck for Content Access.- E-Commerce Use in Spa.- Broadband Issues.- The Diffusion of Broadband-Based Applications Among Italian Small and Medium Enterprises.- Drivers and Inhibitors of Countries' Broadband Performance - A European Snapshot.- The Telecom Policy for Broadband Diffusion: A Case Study in Japan.- Mobile Drivers.- IV Mobile Drivers Mobile Termination Carrier Selection.- Countervailing Buyer Power and Mobile Termination.- National Roaming Pricing in Mobile Networks.- Can Competition Be Introduced Via the Issue of New Mobile Telephony Licences: The Experience of 3G Licensing in Europe.- Does Regulation Impact the Entry in a Mature Regulated Industry? An Econometric Analysis of MVNOs.- Business Strategy.- Exploring Technology Design Issues for Mobile Web Services.- Business Models for Wireless City Networks in the EU and the US: Public Inputs and Public Leverage.- Managing Communications Firms in the New Unpredictable Environments: Watch the Movies.- Shareholder Wealth Effects of Mergers and Acquisitions in the Telecommunications Industry.- Emerging Markets.- Next Generation Networks: The Demand Side Issues.- Technical, Business and Policy Challenges of Mobile Television.- A Cross-Country Assessment of the Digital Divide.- Russian Information and Communication Technology in a Global Context.- New Perspectives on the Regulatory Framework.- The Regulatory Framework for European Telecommunications Markets Between Subsidiarity and Centralization.- Surveying Regulatory Regimes for EC Communications Law.- Innovation and Regulation in the Digital Age: A Call for New Perspectives.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3790825697
• ISBN13: 9783790825695
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Physica-Verlag
• Length: 526 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"