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The Dynamics of broadband markets in Europe, realizing the 2020 digital agenda, edited by Wolter Lemstra and William Melody

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The Dynamics of broadband markets in Europe

1049406245

edited by Wolter Lemstra and William Melody

realizing the 2020 digital agenda

The European Commission's Digital Agenda for Europe sets the targets for broadband development by 2020, yet current broadband market outcomes vary widely amongst the EU Member States and the objectives seem challenging for many. In this book, a group of in-country experts follows a framework of qualitative and quantitative analysis to capture patterns, commonalities and differences between 12 different European countries, in terms of infrastructure endowments, institutional arrangements, time of joining the EU, behavior of market actors, personal interventions of regulators, the role of municipalities, and the role perception of governments. By exploring how the past explains present broadband market outcomes, these longitudinal country case studies look to how improvements can be made for the future. As the first in-depth study of broadband developments in Europe, this book will be invaluable to policy-makers, regulators, academic researchers, advisors, and consultants working in the fields of telecommunications, broadband development, technology and innovation.--, Provided by Publisher

1. Introduction Wolter Lemstra and William H. Melody 2. Research context and perspective Wolter Lemstra and William H. Melody Part I. European Union Context: 3. The influence of European Union policies and regulation Richard Cawley Part II. Case Studies: 4. The Netherlands Wolter Lemstra 5. Belgium: Flanders Marlies van der Wee, Sofie Verbrugge and Reinhard Laroy 6. Denmark Anders Henten and Morten Falch 7. Sweden Marco Forzati and Crister Mattson 8. Germany Juan Rendon Schneir and Olga Batura 9. United Kingdom Richard Cadman 10. Italy Davide Gallino, Claudio Leporelli and Alberto Nucciarelli 11. France Audrey Loridan-Baudrier 12. Spain Claudio Feijóo, José-Luis Gómez-Barroso, Rafael Coomonte and Sergio Ramos 13. Greece Anastasia Constantelou 14. Poland Iwona Windekilde and Piotr Ładny 15. Latvia Andris Virtmanis and Edvins Karnitis Part III. Analysis: 16. Cross-case analysis Wolter Lemstra and William H. Melody Appendices: Appendix 1. Glossary Wolter Lemstra Appendix 2. Quantitative analysis of broadband performance Wolter Lemstra Index