...Brian Williamson; Sam Wood Purpose The purpose of this paper is to integrate mobile supply and demand on an economic basis and to model the economic value of additional data capacity, spectrum demand and data growth under a range of parameter and policy assumptions. Design/methodology/approach...

...Nan Zhang; Heikki Hämmäinen; Hannu Flinck Purpose This paper models the cost efficiency of service function chaining (SFC) in software-defined LTE networks and compares it with traditional LTE networks. Design/methodology/approach Both the capital expenditure (CAPEX) and operational...

...Pieter Ballon; Simon Delaere; Pieter Ballon Purpose This paper aims to give a short overview of European Union policy trends towards more flexible forms of spectrum management. Design/methodology/approach The paper presents a business modelling analysis, scenario construction...

...Pieter Ballon Purpose This paper aims to provide a theoretically grounded framework for designing and analysing business models for (mobile) information communication technology (ICT) services and systems. Design/methodology/approach The paper reviews the most topical literature...

...Pieter Ballon; Richard Hawkins; Pieter Ballon Purpose This paper aims to explore the question: “What is the relationship between standards and business models?” and illustrate the conceptual linkage with reference to developments in the mobile communications industry. Design...

...Harry Bouwman; Marieke Fijnvandraat; Lidwien van de Wijngaert Purpose The purpose of this research is to create insight into the way technological, economic or regulatory factors affect broadband rollout in the local loop with the objective of developing a conceptual model that will help us...

...Paul Twomey; Richard Cadman Agent‐based modelling is a bottom‐up approach to understanding systems which provides a powerful tool for analysing complex, non‐linear markets. The method involves creating artificial agents designed to mimic the attributes and behaviours of their real‐world...