Category Archives: broadband

Apr 25 2013

Spectrum allocation for emergency services in the UK and Europe: An open set of questions to be researched

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Posted in: broadband, Europe, Jonathan Liebenau, LSE Tech, Patrik Karrberg, policy, Silvia Elaluf-Calderwood, spectrum

In light of the upcoming changes that we may foresee in spectrum allocation, Silvia Elaluf-Calderwood, Jonathan Liebenau and Patrik Karrberg outline key questions on spectrum allocation for emergency services in the UK and Europe. The ITU World Radio communication Conference 2012 … Continue reading →

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Apr 16 2013

Book Review: Digital Cities: The Internet and the Geography of Opportunity

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Posted in: Book review, broadband, creative industry, digital cities, digital economy, ICT skills, innovation, internet economics, Zachary Spicer

In an age when the United Nations has declared access to the Internet a human right, and universal access to high-speed broadband is a goal for many countries, urban areas have been largely ignored by federal policy. The cost of … Continue reading →

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Mar 28 2013

Europe’s Internet from a Post-Dubai Perspective

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Posted in: broadband, digital economy, Europe, ICT, innovation, internet, internet economics, Jonathan Liebenau, LSE Tech, LSE Tech public speeches, NEF, regulation, Research, Telecoms

We have recently published a commentary from Jonathan Liebenau after his participation at “Beyond Dubai: a new global agenda for the Internet”, held on March 8th, 2013, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Rome. Read here his keynote speech. … Continue reading →

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Mar 21 2013

Economics of cloud services in rapidly growing economies: the case of Turkey

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Posted in: broadband, Cloud computing, digital economy, employment, Europe, ICT, ICT skills, innovation, internet economics, Jonathan Liebenau, LSE Tech, Research

During the Annual National Informatics Congress in Ankara (Bilisim 2012), Jonathan Liebenau presented the results of a study conducted by LSE Tech on the labour market and general economic effects of cloud computing for Turkey.  The study is of particular … Continue reading →

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Mar 18 2013

The Internet Post-Dubai

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Posted in: broadband, convergence, digital economy, Europe, ICT, internet, internet economics, Jonathan Liebenau, LSE Tech, policy, Telecoms, Workshop briefing

Jonathan Liebenau participated at a high-level workshop in Rome on 8 March hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Alleanza per Internet. Read Jonathan Liebenau‘s reflections on the workshop and his own contributions to the debate.   On March … Continue reading →

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Mar 11 2013

Ofcom’s plans to promote ‘participation’, but whose and in what?

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Posted in: broadband, internet, LSE Media Policy Project, media, Peter Lunt, policy, regulation, Sonia Livingstone, Telecoms

The consultation on Ofcom’s Draft Annual Plan 2013/14 ended on Friday 22 February. LSE’s Sonia Livingstone and Peter Lunt of the University of Leicester point out that despite a stated focus on “participation” and the “citizen interest” the plan needs … Continue reading →

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Mar 7 2013

EU Telecoms Competition and Regulation: Paradoxes of Subsidiary and a Single Digital Market

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Posted in: broadband, convergence, digital economy, Europe, innovation, internet, internet economics, Jonathan Liebenau, LSE Tech, policy, regulation, Research, Silvia Elaluf-Calderwood, Telecoms

In a previous post, we addressed that the recent massive expansion of online services and mobile applications puts pressure on EU’s traditional telecoms to reassess their business structures.  Silvia Elaluf-Calderwood and Jonathan Liebenau reflect on the importance of a well-functioning … Continue reading →

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Mar 4 2013

Usage Costs, Interconnection, and Regulation: remarks from Bill Lehr

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Posted in: broadband, internet, internet economics, LSE Tech, MIT, NEF, policy, pricing, regulation, Research, Telecoms, William Lehr

William Lehr, Research Associate in the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at the MIT provides a summary of points made during his participation in the Interconnection Workshop hosted by the LSE Network Economy Forum on 11 January 2013. … Continue reading →

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Feb 28 2013

The new architecture of the internet: The LSE Tech approach in relation to recent work of Martin Fransman, Brett Frischmann, & Christopher Yoo

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Posted in: broadband, convergence, ICT, innovation, internet, internet economics, Jonathan Liebenau, LSE Tech, media, Research, Silvia Elaluf-Calderwood

The LSE Tech approach in relation to recent work of Martin Fransman, Brett Frischmann, and Christopher Yoo – by Silvia Elaluf-Calderwood and Jonathan Liebenau   The dominant, textbook description of the structure of the internet dates from the masterful conceptualizations … Continue reading →

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Feb 21 2013

European Internet Traffic: Indicator of Growth and Competition in Digital Services – A summary

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Posted in: broadband, convergence, digital economy, Europe, internet, internet economics, Jonathan Liebenau, LSE Tech, Patrik Karrberg, policy, Research, Silvia Elaluf-Calderwood

In a recent blog, LSE Tech argued that the European telecommunication sector’s business structure is experiencing significant challenges. Here, Patrik Karrberg, Jonathan Liebenau and Silvia Elaluf-Calderwood takes one step further by looking at the current dynamics of the internet routing … Continue reading →

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