Over-dependence of African countries on the West has been reflected in various socioeconomic dimensions. Such dependence has also been reflected in the telecommunications industry of Africa’s LDCs in a bid to solve its low teledensity (number of main telephone lines per one hundred inhabitants) problems. African LDCs are greatly behind other regions of the world in utilizing information and tel...

Telecommunications provides one of the most well-developed examples of the growth of neo-liberalism. The sector is interesting since the contrast between its pre neoliberal and post neo-liberal characteristics is particularly stark. This paper explores the impacts of neo-liberalism in European telecommunications, placing particular focus on the EU institutional context. It considers the conseqe...

The recent algorithm proposed in [15] (called pcpa) for convex nonsmooth optimization, is specialized for applications in telecommunications on some nonlinear multicommodity flows problems. In this context, the objective function is additive and this property could be exploited for a better performance.

CSELT is the STET Group's Company for the study, research, experimentation and qualification for telecommunications and information technology. It contributes to the study of advanced systemistic scenarios, plays a link role between academic and applied research and has a strong presence in the international context, through the participation in common research programs and standardization acti...

background: call center sector in india is a relatively new and fast growing industry driving employment and growth in modern india today. most international call centers in national capital region (ncr) of delhi operate at odd work hours corresponding to a time suitable for their international customers. the sleep quality of call handlers employed in these call centers is in jeopardy owing to ...

1 The author would like to extend thanks to the UK Political Studies Association for funding his attendance at this conference 2 ABSTRACT This paper focuses on the recent evolution of global regulatory policy agendas in two key parts of communication media: the Internet and telecommunications. It explores the key regulatory governance ideas and practices that have come to the fore in shaping th...