Dimensions of broadband policies and developments

Falch, Morten; Henten, Anders

doi:10.1016/j.telpol.2017.11.004

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“…Broadband research has begun to give increasing attention to the role of demand-side policies in supporting businesses and the wider society to raise awareness of the benefits of connectivity and consequent use of digital technologies. Such policies provide incentives to businesses and raise awareness of the benefits of broadband access ( Belloc et al, 2012 ; Falch, 2007 ; Falch & Henten, 2018 ; King et al, 1994 ). Other researchers emphasise that demand-side policies may go beyond demand stimulation by assisting businesses in the use of broadband and associated technologies ( Gillett et al, 2004 ; OECD, 2008 ).…”

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“…Digital transformation affects the technologies adopted and used within small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the wider society, but also the policies themselves ( Falch, 2007 ; Falch & Henten, 2018 ; Van Der Meer & Van Winden, 2003 ). This is an area that has seen governments introduce digital technologies to improve their internal administration processes, and their delivery of services, and strengthen their reach and accessibility of services to citizens ( European Commission, 2016 ).…”

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Demand-side broadband policy in the context of digital transformation: An examination of SME digital advisory policies in Wales

Henderson

2020

Telecommunications Policy

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Increasing attention has been paid to the potential for demand-side policies to stimulate use of broadband networks. Such policies form part of the increasing digitalisation of the economy and wider society. This is an area where governments are also facing challenges in their efforts to maximise the efficiency and effectiveness of their policies. The paper sheds light on the impact that the transition towards digital has had on demand-side policies supporting the adoption of broadband and digital technologies by SMEs, and draws out the implications for policy, using a case study of Wales in the UK over a ten-year period. It shows that digitalisation has seen policy mechanisms and messages evolving as policy makers have created a more integrated and multi-channel approach to the delivery of advisory support to SMEs, but that the emergence of multiple types of actors (large digital platform businesses) and ongoing digitalisation are adding complexity to policies and their interaction with other forms of public and private business support.

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Demand-side broadband policy in the context of digital transformation: An examination of SME digital advisory policies in Wales

Henderson

2020

Telecommunications Policy

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“…Republic of Korea has some of the world's fastest internet speeds, with connections to more than 90 per cent of the population. The government has provided economic support for broadband infrastructure development, subsidies to ensure connectivity, and measures to stimulate information technology literacy (Falch and Henten 2018).…”

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Systemic Policy Approaches for Cross-cutting Issues

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Global Environment Outlook – GEO-6: Healthy Planet, Healthy People

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Long-term planetary sustainability requires policy and technological interventions across energy systems to bring about choice of fuels, the way they are produced and consumed, and the way in which resources are affected systemically at every stage of the energy system (established but incomplete). {17.5.1, 17.5.2} Mechanisms to address these challenges include carbon pricing (cap and trade systems, carbon taxes and other economic instruments such as fuel taxes and different subsidies to renewable energy), regulatory approaches (energy efficiency standards, command-and-control, mandatory decommissioning of old plants), information programmes (addressing behaviour, lifestyle and culture), and addressing administrative or political barriers (including through international cooperation) (established but incomplete). {17.5.3} Decarbonizing supply and improving demand efficiency are two key policy elements that have been applied successfully (well established). Nevertheless, they need to be scaled up rapidly, together with the phasing in of new policies. {17.5.4} The global economy currently operates predominantly in a linear mode whereby resources are extracted, converted through manufacturing to products and then disposed of (well established). {17.6.1} The use of natural resources has grown rapidly over the last two decades and the global supply chains of resources have become more complex, resulting in growing environmental pressures and impacts (well established). {17.6.1} A global shift is needed to a circular economy in which resource efficiency contributes to economic growth and human well-being, with reduced environmental pressures and impacts (established but incomplete). This would have substantial co-benefits for greenhouse gas abatement and waste and pollution minimization. {17.6.2} A circular economy is a systems approach to industrial processes and economic activity that enables resource to maintain their highest value for as long as possible (well established). Key considerations in implementing a circular economy are reducing and rethinking resource use, and the pursuit of longevity, renewability, reusability, reparability, replaceability and upgradability for resources and products that are used. Resource efficiency contributes to economic resilience by increasing the supply security of primary materials and closing of resource loops through remanufacturing and recycling, thereby reducing the pressures of resource exploitation, climate change, accumulation of toxic substances in ecosystems, and biodiversity loss (well established). {17.6.2} Resource efficiency does not always happen spontaneously but requires well-designed policies that facilitate a change to sustainable systems of production and consumption and sustainable infrastructure (established but incomplete). {17.6.4} The physical, social, economic and health impacts of climate change, especially on the most vulnerable communities, require urgent adaptation approaches that are systemic, multidimensional and transformative (established but in...

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“…The maximum capacity of the core Internet fiber networks is just one part of the story-it is even more important that end-users can access that massive volume of data [1]. Wireless networking with mobile phones, tablets and other wireless devices is responsible for tremendous growth in Internet traffic, but optical fiber is still the most promising candidate to satisfy any foreseeable data traffic [2][3][4].…”

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Passive Optical Networks Progress: A Tutorial

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For many years, passive optical networks (PONs) have received a considerable amount of attraction regarding their potential for providing broadband connectivity to almost every citizen, especially in remote areas where fiber optics can attract people to populate regions that have been abandoned. Error-free connectivity without dropouts can offer new opportunities to communicate, earn money and enjoy cultural events. Transmission speeds are multigigabit with distances of a few tens of kilometers; these specifications were previously reserved for high-speed and long-haul backbone networks. PONs can also support a new class of applications, such as accurate time transfer or distributed fiber sensing and follow new trends in open networking. An outline of past and current standards and standards that have been proposed for the latest generation of multigigabit PONs is provided.

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Dimensions of broadband policies and developments

Cited by 24 publications

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Demand-side broadband policy in the context of digital transformation: An examination of SME digital advisory policies in Wales

Demand-side broadband policy in the context of digital transformation: An examination of SME digital advisory policies in Wales

Systemic Policy Approaches for Cross-cutting Issues

Passive Optical Networks Progress: A Tutorial

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