This paper aims at deducing how different owner-management relations of operators lead them and a regulator to make different decisions with regard to broadband, by adopting an approach of neo-institutional economics and a model based on game theory. Out of five modes that Aoki (2010) proposes...

This presentation outlines a proposal for a new frame work for the provision of universal service aimed at solving the various issues inherent in community informatization, and goes on to look at the advantages and disadvantages of the proposed framework and review its feasibility. In order to...

This paper aims to investigate the existence of "data network effects" in data platform services such as Big Data, Internet-of-Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) and their influence on the diffusion of the services. It intendsto present a preliminary formal analysis ofthe effects of...

Communication via mobile telephones is widespread in East Asian metropolis such as Seoul, Taipei and Tokyo. In the last ten years, the number of mobile telephone users has increased dramatically, with the younger generation in particular depending on the services available via mobile telephones....

Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Development of Infrastructure Sharing in the Mobile Market -- Chapter 2. Regulating Online Platforms -- Chapter 3. Interdependency on the Data Platform and its Effect on the Diffusion of Autonomous Driving -- Chapter 4. Video/Visual Content Industry in...