Myanmar has experienced a series of total and partial internet shutdowns since the military coup in February 2021. These restrictions have varied in intensity across the country and over time, ranging from the complete shutdown of all wireless broadband services and nightly shutdowns of fixed...

In this article the value of “Fixed Broadband Take Up” in Europe is investigated. Data are collected from the DESI-Digital Economy and Society Index for 28 countries in the period 2016-2021. Data are analyzed with Panel Data with Fixed Effects and Random Effects. The Fixed Broadband Take-Up...

This paper emphasizes the different nature of cross border liberalization in network related services, such as telecoms, compared to liberalization in goods. In the presence of network externalities, it argues that if two disjoint country service networks involving a small and large country are...

This article examines the formation of the first internet exchange point (IXP) in Mexico amid the implementation of telecommunication reforms and asymmetric regulations in a market with low level of competition. An IXP is defined as a shared interconnection facility and a key internet governance...

Der Trend zur Digitalisierung in der Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft und in öffentlichen Institutionen in Deutschland bedingt damit einhergehend einen zunehmenden Bedarf nach leistungsfähigen Funkdiensten für vielfältige digitale Anwendungen von unterschiedlichen Nutzerkreisen. Die daraus...

The newly passed German telecommunication regulation has set the deployment and sharing conditions of in-building infrastructure with the purpose of addressing the need of generating proper incentives to network operators to invest in and extend their very high capacity access networks. At the...

Dieser Diskussionsbeitrag ist Teil der Forschungsaktivitäten des WIK zum Thema "Übergang von Kupfer- auf Glasfasernetze in Deutschland". Mit diesen Forschungsaktivitäten unterstützt das WIK die Arbeiten und Erörterungen des Gigabitforums der Bundesnetzagentur. Die Migration der Kunden auf...