.... The techno‐economic and market characteristics of the various infrastructures are summarized in Table I . © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Information networks Financing Broadband networks The paper examines the investment dimensions of next generation networks from...

... communication systems Information networks Before liberalisation, the traditional way of funding universal service in disadvantaged areas was through some type of cross subsidisation originated by service provision in other areas. With the advent of competition, funding has often been channelled...