Broadband Uptake and Infrastructure Regulation: Evidence from OECD Countries (Bronwyn Howell)

Broadband Uptake and Infrastructure Regulation: Evidence from the OECD Countries

The Effects of Broadband Infrastructure on Economic Growth in Developing Countries

In this paper we investigate the effects of broadband infrastructure providing high speed internet, on economic growth in developing countries. We have used two different broadband measures to classify developing countries into two groups for the period 1999-2008. By using logistic diffusion model and IV approach, a nonlinear diffusion model is specified. Differences in ceiling of diffusion cur...

A Cross-Country Analysis of Fixed Broadband Deployment: Examination of Adoption Factors and Network Effect*

Broadband infrastructure is a key component of the knowledge economy. Employing a secondary data set, this study examines adoption factors of fixed broadband among OECD countries. The result of the regression analysis suggests platform competition, income, and education positively influence fixed broadband diffusion. Light form of Local Loop Unbundling (LLU) was positively associated with high ...

The Case of the Wellington Loop: An Illustration of a Two Sided Market Strategy in an Educational ICT Infrastructure Development

This paper describes the Wellington Loop Trust which has been formed to enable a number of Wellington secondary schools to access the Internet via high speed broadband using the Citylink fibre infrastructure. The current literature is used to describe the Loop can as a two-sided market model and to illustrate how this model can be used to determine appropriate pricing strategies.

The Impact of Broadband Infrastructure on Economic Growth in Some Arab and Emerging Countries

Infrastructure investments expansion typically adds to the productive capacity in an economy, and thus to its economic growth. Network industries account for between one–tenth and onequarter of economy wide investments (OECD 2009 B). Telecom industry is one of the network industries, and broadband is a new technology that is widely used all over the world. It is the popular mode of access to th...