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The Dynamics of Broadband Markets in Europe: Realizing the 2020 Digital Agenda
Wolter Lemstra
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Description for The Dynamics of Broadband Markets in Europe: Realizing the 2020 Digital Agenda
hardcover. First in-depth analysis of broadband developments in Europe, combining qualitative and quantitative analysis, with chapter contributions provided by in-country experts. Editor(s): Lemstra, Wolter; Melody, William H. Num Pages: 448 pages, 65 b/w illus. 47 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; KNTX1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 179 x 249 x 28. Weight in Grams: 900.
The European Commission's Digital Agenda for Europe sets the targets for broadband development by 2020, yet current broadband market outcomes vary widely amongst the EU Member States and the objectives seem challenging for many. In this book, a group of in-country experts follows a framework of qualitative and quantitative analysis to capture patterns, commonalities and differences between twelve different European countries, in terms of infrastructure endowments, institutional arrangements, time of joining the EU, behavior of market actors, personal interventions of regulators, the role of municipalities, and the role perception of governments. By exploring how the past explains present broadband market ... Read more
The European Commission's Digital Agenda for Europe sets the targets for broadband development by 2020, yet current broadband market outcomes vary widely amongst the EU Member States and the objectives seem challenging for many. In this book, a group of in-country experts follows a framework of qualitative and quantitative analysis to capture patterns, commonalities and differences between twelve different European countries, in terms of infrastructure endowments, institutional arrangements, time of joining the EU, behavior of market actors, personal interventions of regulators, the role of municipalities, and the role perception of governments. By exploring how the past explains present broadband market ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107073586
SKU
V9781107073586
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About Wolter Lemstra
Wolter Lemstra is Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Technology, Policy and Management at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, and Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Communication, Media and Information Technologies at Aalborg University, Denmark. He has 25 years of experience in the telecom sector and has occupied senior management positions in various telecoms technology firms. ... Read more
Reviews for The Dynamics of Broadband Markets in Europe: Realizing the 2020 Digital Agenda
'After two decades of regulatory convergence the major global regions have pursued more differentiated paths during the past decade. In contrast to the US which adopted a framework steeped in minimally regulated markets and the government-centric approaches of many Asian nations, the EU has pursued a hybrid model combining competition, regulation and forms of industrial policy intervention. The national diversity ... Read more