Category Archives: digital economy

May 9 2013

The Mobile Industry Will Shift

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Posted in: business models, convergence, digital economy, Europe, ICT, innovation, LSE Tech, Mark Selby, mobile industry, mobility, opinion, regulation, Telecoms

The growth of mobile phone access worldwide has attracted lots of  enthusiasm in part because of its potential to generate new social and economic benefits. In this post, Mark Selby suggests new directions and critical points that the mobile industry … Continue reading →

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Apr 22 2013

Regulatory Economics in New Telecom Markets: US and European Perspectives

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Posted in: digital economy, Europe, ICT, innovation, internet economics, Johannes Bauer, media, NEF, Objectives, policy, pricing, productivity, regulation, Research, Telecoms

As part of the Fourth LSE Network Economy Forum, held on 25 March 2013, Johannes Bauer presented a keynote on regulatory economics in new telecom markets.  This post addresses Johannes’s key points on how the definition of telecom vs information … Continue reading →

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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 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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Apr 12 2013

Announcing the LSE Network Economy Conference – 13 May 2013

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Posted in: Carla Bonina, digital economy, Europe, ICT, innovation, internet, internet economics, LSE Tech, NEF, regulation, Research, Telecoms

LSE Network Economy Conference The need for a revival of the European Telecom and Internet Sector: Policies and Business Strategy In our first Network Economy Conference we will bring together a number of well-informed and influential people from many constituencies … 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 14 2013

Near Field Communications [NFC]: Privacy, Regulation, and Business Models

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Posted in: business models, digital economy, innovation, Jonathan Liebenau, LSE Tech, Patrik Karrberg, policy, privacy, regulation, Research, Silvia Elaluf-Calderwood

LSE Tech has been engaged over the past few years in numerous projects that have been supported by public and private organizations. One of these studies is on near field communications [NFC] in partnership with Nokia and completed in 2012. … 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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