In this study, we examine how refugees in the Middle East stay connected through various communication services. Our findings are based on survey data collected in Za'atari Syrian refugee camp in Jordan. First, we find that social media such as WhatsApp and Facebook are used more frequently...

Telecommunications infrastructure plays a critical role in crisis response, whether in natural disasters or health crises such as the West African Ebola response. For these latter cases, where infrastructure damage is not a problem, the crisis generates increased demands on systems already...

In this study, we examine how refugees in the Middle East stay connected through various communication services. Our findings are based on survey data collected in Za'atari Syrian refugee camp in Jordan. First, we find that social media such as WhatsApp and Facebook are used more frequently...

Telecommunications infrastructure plays a critical role in crisis response, whether in natural disasters or health crises such as the West African Ebola response. For these latter cases, where infrastructure damage is not a problem, the crisis generates increased demands on systems already...

Those who adopt the lens of globalization see the policy and regulatory environment of information and telecommunications becoming increasingly homogenous across the globe. From this perspective, this homogeneity is often explained as the result of various institutions, including regional...

The development of ubiquitous computing and mobile commerce is premised on an infrastructure of interoperable networks, operating systems and applications. As technologies evolve to create this infrastructure this process sometimes gives rise to a standards competition. This research examines...

A broad range of computational and network innovations, such as data mining and remote sensing, are becoming integrated into nearly all scientific disciplines. These developments have ushered in an era of global e-Science, characterized by internationally connected scientific communities with...

The advent of the UMTS mobile network technology and recent advances in wireless LANs create new possibilities for network and Internet access. This in turn may provide the basis for a range of new services, which itself will change the roles of existing mobile firms and new entrants. A...