...Jean Paul Simon Purpose Some specialized consultancies have been making the case of an “API economy”. This study aims to investigate the issue, marshalling data on the economic dimension, to better understand the environments of APIs. It offers an overview of the functions and definition...

...: will the world converge on IPv6? Will IPv6 die out? or will we live in a mixed world for the foreseeable future? Design/methodology/approach The research offers an economically-grounded study of IPv6’s progress and prospects. Many promoters of IPv6 sincerely believe that the new standard must succeed...

... of the spectrum leads to an increase in global efficiency. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Internet Communication technologies Economics Broadband networks On the other hand, the benefits are uncertain because future demand for MBB and the timing of such demand are uncertain...

... in speed from slow to very fast is only slightly higher at $48.12. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Economics Broadband networks Telecommunications industry Demand for broadband services Video consumption Country studies Many countries in the world have put a strategy...

.... Profitability analyses are a necessary and useful tool to make price decisions both for the regulator and for the big companies in the sector. Originality/value The paper has not been presented elsewhere. In autumn 2011, however, it will be used in a Telecommunications Economics course...

...Steve Burdon; William Webb; Nigel Courtney Purpose Over the past decade telecommunications media and technology (TMT) has driven a new era that has evolved into the digital age. There is a growing consensus in developed countries that TMT is the most important driver of economic and social...

... difficult it is to reap the potential economies of scope on the supply side. Anders Henten can be contacted at: henten@cmi.aau.dk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Communications Economics Services Technological convergence in the field of communication, media and information...

.... Wireless Economics Trade United Kingdom Europe Spectrum has to be rationed. This is because “[s]pectrum is scarce in the sense that there is not enough of it to give all potential users all they want at zero price” (Aitkin, 1994 , p. 687). Decisions made as a result of the administrative...

... and on the move). From the operators' perspective, new FMC‐enabled features like ubiquitous access and new value added services are expected to fill at least a part of the revenue gap. Of course, the demand for higher bandwidth in general plays an important role in this context too. Economics...

...Dimitris Varoutas; Heikki Hämmäinen; Ilari Welling; Theodoros Rokkas; Dimitris Katsianis; Thomas Kamalakis; Dimitris Varoutas; Thomas Sphicopoulos Purpose The purpose of this paper is to carry out a techno‐economic evaluation of the business prospects of Free Space Optical (FSO) technology...

... internal and external margins. Opportunity cost is introduced to characterise the link between spectrum and spectrum substitutes. Findings The study finds that workable strategies for spectrum reform require that economic externalities be internalised. Opportunity cost considerations can serve...

... is to examine the role and power of software in the economy and review the economic impacts of the trend to OSS on the software industry, largely from a European industrial and social perspective. Design/methodology/approach The paper briefly traces the economic significance of the software...

..., he would learn a lot by reading what the phone meant to people 100 years ago (Evans and Wurster, 2000). Although technology is changing this does not change the way people evaluate the economic value created by companies or the traditional rules of competition. The creation of true economic value...

... through the introduction of Napster’s peer‐to‐peer innovation, is explained. Third, an analysis of salient economic, political/legal, and technological issues arising from these changes on the entire industry is presented. Finally, the paper identifies characteristics of a viable business model...