Category Archives: convergence

Apr 19 2013

Workshop summary: Fourth LSE Network Economy Forum 25 March 2013

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Posted in: convergence, digital economy, employment, Europe, ICT skills, innovation, internet, internet economics, internet governance, Jonathan Liebenau, LSE Tech, NEF, Patrik Karrberg, productivity, regulation, Research, Telecoms, Workshop briefing

The latest half-day workshop at London School of Economics was attended by 39 invited people who focused on the theme “Policies for a sustainable telecommunications and internet sector in Europe”. Participants included regulators, telecom operators, internet application firms, financial analysts, … Continue reading →

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Apr 9 2013

Consumer policy in telecoms: how far can market transparency take us?

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Posted in: Claire Milne, convergence, Europe, policy, pricing, regulation, Telecoms

The increasing convergence of services, devices and content leads to a more complex digital market that affects both consumers and telecom providers. In this post, Claire Milne focuses on ideas about consumers and market transparency in the current telecom sector. … Continue reading →

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Mar 25 2013

Fourth LSE Network Economy Forum: 25 March 2013

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Posted in: Carla Bonina, convergence, Europe, innovation, internet, internet economics, LSE Tech, NEF, policy, regulation, Research, Telecoms

Fourth LSE Network Economy Forum: Policies for a sustainable telecommunications and internet sector in Europe 25 March 2013 – London School of Economics In our fourth (invitation-only) forum, we bring together a small number of well-informed and influential people from … 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 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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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 26 2013

Economics of the cloud: Employment effects in two exemplary sectors in the USA, the UK, Germany and Italy

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Posted in: Cloud computing, convergence, digital economy, employment, ICT, internet economics, Jonathan Liebenau, LSE Tech, Patrik Karrberg, policy, pricing, productivity, Research

It is commonly felt that cloud computing will bring changes to information handling practices with widespread effects on organizational structures and strategies. In this post, Jonathan Liebenau and Patrik Karrberg show how better models to assess the economic effects of … 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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Jan 24 2013

Internet convergence in action: is best effort internet already gone? Lessons from Norway

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Posted in: convergence, digital economy, Europe, Gjermund Hartviksen, Hanne-Stine Hallingby, innovation, internet, regulation, Research, Silvia Elaluf-Calderwood, Telecoms

There has been huge debate on whether the internet should remain as a network that does not differentiate between “levels” of content providers—something that is known as the Best Effort internet. Based on data from Norway, Hanne-Stine Hallingby, Silvia Elaluf-Calderwood … Continue reading →

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