Data and connectivity platforms play a key role in the digitalization of different sectors of our society. The availability of new services that are specialized to the needs of a given vertical sector in a specific location can significantly boost the business opportunities of that ecosystem. 5G...

Local 5G networks have gained increasing attention in the recent years, allowing different stakeholders to establish local and often private networks within a specific facility, such as a factory. These local networks can serve a variety of user groups with versatile needs. The deployment of the...

Local 5G networks are on the agenda of public and private stakeholders, businesses, and policymakers. These local mobile communication networks can be deployed by different stakeholders to serve a variety of user groups with dexterous needs. Private networks serve closed user groups and have...

Local cellular mobile communication networks have evolved as a novel concept and deployment model, and a prerequisite for their future emergence is the radio spectrum, which is a scarce resource. Regulatory approaches are expanding at the national, regional, and international levels making...

Digitalization is transforming businesses and daily lives at an increasing rate. Cities and regions are going through a digital transformation process to develop and deploy a range of digital services covering most city functions and operations. The different operations are inter-dependent and...

Assumingly very few sectors of society can avoid the digital transformation, which has been storming in the recent years. Despite of the digitalization being a global mega trend and an essence to survive in the modern world, it seems that many entities are still struggling in initiating the...

Digitalization activities have been in process for several years covering most business areas. Enterprises around the globe have been preparing their digital transition by the deployment of novel ICT and IoT systems to strengthen their operational functions on many levels. It is envisioned that...

Societies are experiencing large-scale transformation through digitalization programs covering all private and public sectors. Digitalization advances also the growing demands of sustainable development, in which nations and cities all over the world have set ambitious targets. Transportation is...

Purpose: As an emerging field, the fifth generation, 5G, mobile communications technologies related business models have only been discussed to a limited extent in the literature, and platform business models in general have seldom been examined. The purpose of this paper is to explore how to...

With digitalization and the emergence of disruptive technologies, organizations should re-structure their business models within their ecosystems to achieve sustainable revenue and value creation. This paper presents a business model configuration for ecosystem contexts by using the port...