Bridging the broadband digital divide between urban and rural areas in Europe is one of the main targets stated in the Digital Agenda for Europe. Though many solutions are proposed in literature, satellite communication has been identified as the only possible solution for rural areas, due to...

This paper look at surveillance capitalism as described in the book by Shoshana Zubof, and discuss whether surveillance capitalism represents a new stage of capitalist development. This is done by using the theory of techno-economic paradigms as a theoretical framework.

In this contribution we argue the importance of an ubiquitous high speed broadband infrastructure in Europe based on an analysis of subsequent technological revolutions, each characterized by a specific core infrastructure which enables the broad deployment of innovations, which in turn leads to...