In this study, we seek to understand Europe's future needs for high bandwidth connectivity, the business models for investment in new networks, and how regulation may impact the business case for deployment of very high capacity networks as well as choice and value in services for end-users. We...

In this study, we seek to understand Europe's future needs for high bandwidth connectivity, the business models for investment in new networks, and how regulation may impact the business case for deployment of very high capacity networks as well as choice and value in services for end-users. We...

NGA development continues to be constrained by the very high financial burden yet to be overcome. Competitive network rollout is not likely to happen outside of very densely populated areas for a foreseeable future. Regulators must strike the right balance between procompetition measures and...

Applications such as iMessage, KakaoTalk, LINE, Signal, Skype, Snapchat, Threema, Viber, WhatsApp and WeChat have become an increasingly popular means of personal and business interaction. Surprisingly little academic effort has gone into understanding the nature and origin of these...

Applications such as iMessage, KakaoTalk, LINE, Signal, Skype, Snapchat, Threema, Viber, WhatsApp and WeChat have become an increasingly popular means of personal and business interaction. Surprisingly little academic effort has gone into understanding the nature and origin of these...

Data and its economic impact permeates all sectors of the economy. The data economy is not a new sector, but more like a challenge for all firms to compete and innovate as part of a new wave of economic value creation.With data playing an increasingly important role across all sectors of the...

Im Hinblick auf die Verabschiedung des Digital Services Act im Jahr 2022, der einen neuen horizontalen Rechtsrahmen für die Regulierung digitaler Dienste vorsieht, analysiert dieses Diskussionspapier die Moderation von Inhalten auf Online-Plattformen. Die Moderation von Inhalten ist eine sehr...

For on-board diagnostics (OBD) requirements in the Euro 6 Light Duty vehicle legislation, the detection of emission reduction system failures against the particulate OBD threshold limits (OTL) is of major importance. The OBD thresholds set out in Commission Regulation (EC) 692/2008 and amended...