.... Design/methodology/approach This paper uses qualitative research based on previous literature and analysis of the Brazilian mobile communications scenario. This leads to a strategy to inform future research and auditing practices. Findings The 6G technology will require policymakers to develop a new...

..., 2017a). The most obvious problems with this list for analytical purposes where mobile communications are concerned are: This paper is effectively the last in a sequence of papers in this journal (Curwen and Whalley, 2015 , 2017a , 2017b , 2017c , 2018) that examines a similar theme...

..., such as it is, can only be illuminated by first clarifying the current state of play. Originality/value The databases that underpin the analysis are author-compiled and entirely original. Caribbean Latin America 4G Market structure Long-term evolution Mobile communications The increasingly wide...

... Restructuring Multi-play Mobile communications In the course of the discussion surrounding the proposed takeover of Telefónica O₂ by CK Hutchison (“3”) in the UK during 2015/2016, much was made of the comparison between a single European country and the USA. At the time, the USA had four...

... Publishing Limited 2012 Mobile communications Technology classification model Mobile content and service delivery platform Communication technologies Telecommunication The literature review helped create a preliminary identification of the main expected benefits, while the semi‐structured...

... that carriers can and have used to try to delay number portability. Martha A. Garcia‐Murillo can be contacted at: mgarciam@syr.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Mobile communications Central America Regulation In January of 2005 the United States Congress passed...

... are privacy protection and unsolicited communications. Shown here is the huge commercial value of location information and how the user’s approval can be manipulated to obtain consent to process and use as much information as possible. Mobile communications Location Emergency services Databases Direct...

...Gerard Bloch‐Morhange; Emilio Fontela The analysis of characteristic dimensions of the mobile‐communications system has been based in the interaction between technological performance (characteristics of the different generations of mobiles), cost for the user and value‐added. These dimensions...

...Peter Curwen The licensing process for third‐generation mobile communications (3G) is largely complete in Europe although much less progress has been made elsewhere in the world. This process has been controversial, especially in relation to the use of auctions rather than so‐called “beauty...

... provided across alternative networks, and that there are no obstacles to the Europeanization of the market. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Telecommunications Regulations European Union Mobile communications Any assessment of the regulatory environment which can best contribute...

... different players. However, the interest among the leading wireless telecom equipment manufacturers, notably Ericsson and Nokia, was low and the development of rules and standards would evolve within and between industrial alliances. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Mobile communications Regulations...

... also need to be fostered. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Mobile communications Telecommunications Regulations Licensing The development of third generation (3G) mobile services is expected to have important economic and social impacts for ITU Member States. But significant challenges lie...

... is certain. All those concerned with this field of human enterprise (e.g. regulators, operators, service providers) will be obliged to face a brave new world in which voice no longer dominates the mobile space. 8. The report was released 25 June 2001. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Mobile communications...

... and the Committee of Regions, The Introduction of Third-Generation Mobile Communications in the European Union: State of Play and the Way Forward, COM(2001)141 Final, 20 March 2001, httpeuropa.eu.int. 3. There have indeed been a number of Commission papers and communication s that dealt with questions of spectrum...

... restrictions on spectrum access and use for interference purposes. My review aims to shed some light on these questions and recommend economic principles of spectrum management which could help guide government policy over the long term. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Telecommunications Mobile...

...Xu Yan Aims to provide a comprehensive review of the impressive development of mobile communications in the Asia‐Pacific region, and identify the key factors behind their fast growth. Provides a general review of the rapid development of mobile communications in the Asia‐Pacific region...

... that business cases may have to be redeveloped in order to achieve market forecasts – the survival of GMPCS systems depends on that scenario. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Communications technology Satellite transmissions Mobile communications Camford info vol.3 no.2 april.2001 the journal of policy...

... Limited 2000 Mobile communications Licences Telephones Camford info vol.2 no.5 october.2000 the journal of policy, regulation and strategy for telecommunications information and media article: 455 © 2000 Camford Publishing Ltd 1463-6697/00/050455-22 mgneeoxnbetilrea:ti2o.5GnPeoterrC3urGwe?n...

... issues to be addressed with regard to mobile communications. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Regulations Mobile communications Legal matters Camford info vol.2 no.3 june.2000 the journal of policy, regulation and strategy for telecommunications information and media article: 313 © 2000 Camford...

...Eric Van Heesvelde Identifies the fixed/mobile communications convergence phenomenon, which characterizes the telecommunications market technologically and commercially, and analyses the regulatory consequences of convergence. Pinpoints the task of the regulator as being to be simultaneously...