Theorizing the policy process -- Comparing state and society -- Setting mobile standards -- Rolling out new media technologies -- Planning for broadband -- Universalizing access -- Learning from comparisons.

This paper examines the contrast between China's and India's universal service policies as manifestations of the two states' differing self-conceptualizations and legitimation strategies. We examine the timeline of universal service policies in the two countries, differentiating between the...

This paper is a comparative analysis of the telecommunications policy-making process in China and India. Adopting an institutionalist perspective and multi-streams framework, the paper analyzes the formal structures, rule-making procedures and interest groups involved in telecommunications...

This paper focuses on the impact of the widespread penetration and use of intelligent mobile devices, particularly smartphones, married to broadband mobile networks, in China and India. China and India are the largest and second largest mobile markets in the world, with some 1.3 billion and 1.2...