... the coverage requirements imposed by the regulator when the spectrum is allocated to operators. Finally, the speed of investments in urban regions is driven by the traffic growth, whereas in suburban and rural regions, it is driven by the regulator’s intervention. Originality/value – The paper...

...Alison Gillwald; Enrico Calandro; Mpho Moyo Purpose This paper seeks to identify policy and regulatory bottlenecks that need to be overcome in order to stimulate private sector investment in backbone networks in selected African countries (Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa...

... for further studies in each country; to analyze how social, economic and political development occur when mobile communications become more popular. Practical implications This study should help operators in different countries plan their investments better. It may also well be that future...

...Dimitris Varoutas; Heikki Hämmäinen; Ilari Welling; V. Riihimäki Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the suitability of the real option methods in the valuation of WiMAX networks. Particularly, the shapes of the probability distributions for the investment costs and net present...