Promoting New Telecom Infrastructures examines how current telecom infrastructures are transforming from dedicated networks supporting either voice, data or broadcasting services to converged networks that support a wide variety of communication services, often denoted as Next Generation...

As part of the rhetoric surrounding the Smart City concept, cities are increasingly facing challenges related to data (management, governance, processing, storage, publishing etc.). The Smart Flanders program was initiated by the Flemish Government (Belgium) at the start of 2017 to research and...

Based on platform theory, this paper discusses the concept of platform ambiguity in mobile service provision, arguing that fundamental uncertainty exists not only about the boundaries and interfaces, but about the nature itself of a mobile service platform. It refers to the concept of gatekeeper...

This paper examines four innovative digital news initiatives in the Belgian market. The business models of the cases are described using an analytical tool to expose their differences and similarities. The initiatives were all launched by different types of actors in the ICT- and media industry,...

In order to make sense of the plethora of platform initiatives being currently introduced in the mobile industry, and with the aim of refining platform theory, this paper proposes and illustrates a typology of mobile service platforms. It demonstrates that (1) real-life examples of the proposed...

The report describes the context of a number of sector-specific reports, which delve into more details on the current status and dynamics affecting specific MCI sub-sectors. It aims to provide an industrial and economic analysis of MCIs and their dynamics; with a historical view on the...

This paper introduces and analyses four potential business models for emerging mobile service platforms. For each model, a real-life case is described and briefly analyzed. It is found that 'platform leadership' strategies - focused a.o. on control of core assets on the one hand, and open...

This article aims to better frame the role of open data in the divergent operationalisations and interpretations of the smart city concept. We start by exploring top-down approaches to the smart city, followed by what purely bottom-up initiatives can look like. A clear overview of stakeholders'...

This exploratory paper applies an existing framework for the analysis of platform types in mobile services to the urban context and explores the role(s) cities may take up in the development and deployment of mobile services. It first presents the platform typology that will be used, provides...

Purpose: Organizations evolve from using and governing data internally towards the exchange of data in multi-organizational data ecosystems. The purpose of this research is to determine a business model framework for actors operating in and/or entering a data ecosystem. Methodology: To determine...