Category Archives: innovation

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 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 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 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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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 18 2013

Media Policy in 2013: reflections from a policy workshop held at LSE

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Posted in: digital economy, ICT, innovation, internet, LSE Media Policy Project, LSE Tech, policy, regulation, Telecoms, Workshop briefing

In this post, the Media Policy Project @LSE provides a summary of the main points raised in a brainstorming workshop held at the LSE in early February. The purpose of the workshop was to discuss the major media policy issues for … Continue reading →

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