...” and “gated”. Seen from this perspective, the regulatory solutions discussed so far appear in a very different light. Natali Helberger can be contacted at: n.helberger@uva.nl © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Internet Control technology User studies Policy Information society...

... group, involving multiple stakeholders and proposes a final protocol for future Living Labs that aim to innovate. User studies Innovation Design Dementia Evaluation protocol Living Lab The number of people with dementia is growing rapidly, posing several societal challenges. Prince...

... and application use. We next review the literature on this intragroup smartphone divide. User studies Digital divide Telecommunications Smartphone divide Smartphone use Wireless It is clear by now that the smartphone is fundamentally altering how users access information and interact...

... recognising the mediating role of existing socioeconomic factors that influence digital engagement (Selwyn, 2004). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 User studies Policy Broadband networks The digital divide is: […] the divide created between individuals, firms, institutions...

... demand-side surveys. Originality/value – This paper explores the possibility of using the readily available HDI data to define a new index that will provide a more accurate estimate of the proportion of individuals using the internet. Internet User studies Internet users...

... be contacted at: 3wan@3wan.net © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Telecommunication Users Enterprises Liberalization Regulation Digital communication systems User studies In the early days of the liberalisation of European telecommunication markets, a number of large enterprises...

... intervention to redress such imbalances. Anne Milek can be contacted at: milek@psychologie.uzh.ch © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Communication technologies Gender Africa User studies Economic growth There is growing evidence of increases in information and communication...

... that this focus is lacking today, with most of the attention on specific NGN technology and infrastructure issues. © Company 2009 User studies Innovation Communication technologies There is an increasing policy importance (Reding, 2008) given to user empowerment, considered as a crucial...

... communication systems Telephone User studies Ghana Shared access to telephony has been the prevalent model of access in developing countries due to low access to telecommunications infrastructure and the high cost of airtime. Despite the explosion of mobile telephony, these challenges remain...

... affordability dimension of universal service for poor users (Milne, 2006). Gerard Goggin can be contacted at: g.goggin@unsw.edu.au © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Mobile communication systems User studies Innovation An important trend shaking up universal service around...

... User studies Telecommunication services Mobile communication systems The mobile service industry attracts many kinds of companies from incumbent telecom operators to emerging internet houses. In the past mobile services were mainly deployed by large telecom operators only. Besides de‐facto...

... actors, not by the smartphone vendor. Built‐in applications are standard Symbian smartphone applications which are factory‐installed on the operating system/software platform. Hannu Verkasalo can be contacted at: hannu.verkasalo@tkk.fi © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 User studies...

... by discussion of the findings. Finally, section 5 concludes this study. Xu Yan can be contacted at: xuyan@ust.hk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Mobile communication systems Hong Kong China User studies There has been a cadre of studies addressing the issue of technology...

... we want to make here is that depending on the denominator employed, one can paint quite a different picture of comparative ICT access across countries. Telecommunications Internet Digital communication systems User studies Developing countries Despite the groundward gyrations...