The development of ICT is considered as an important indicator of globalization. The main hypothesis is that the development of ICT and global activities of both countries and regions are positively correlated. As criteria for global activities the exports and FDI-inflows are taken. The...

The paper contains an overview of main FDI theories. The focus is on the role of FDI inflows within development of national ICT sector (case of Russia). General trends (volumes, structural distribution) in FDI inflows in Russian ICT sector are identified and summarized. Some recommendations...

This paper describes and analyzes the most recent international trends in the development of mobile communications. The first part deals with the key sectors of the mobile communications market: mobile network, handsets and smartphone operating systems. We focus on the current deployment of Long...

This Paper takes a closer look at the liberalization dynamics in telecommunications in EU. More over, we focus on selected issues of regulating telecommunications in convergent markets. Of particularly interest is the political and institutional division of labour between national regulators and...