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{"title":"Overlooked – Presence and awareness cues in the metaverse","authors":"René Arnold ,&nbsp;Anna Schneider","doi":"10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103020","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103020","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This article examines how “Presence and Awareness Cues” (PAACs) such as read receipts, online status indicators, and typing notifications shape data disclosure in computer-mediated communication (CMC), with particular focus on emerging metaverse contexts. PAACs are often overlooked in current policy debates despite their potential to reveal sensitive behavioral, relational, and even physiological information. Drawing on a broad review of related literature, we propose a conceptual framework outlining four pillars of mediated presence (PAACs, content, aesthetics, and fidelity), offering policymakers a technology-agnostic lens for anticipating developments in augmented and virtual settings.</div><div>We then present findings from a six-country survey (n = 18,358) examining whether and how users notice, interpret, and control PAACs, as well as their willingness to share additional cues in advanced AR/VR environments. Results indicate that most users recognize PAACs across diverse online services and adapt their behavior accordingly. These insights underscore potential policy gaps when biosignals such as heart rate and gaze become integral to projected availability or emotional states.</div><div>We conclude that balancing consumer protection with user-friendly interfaces calls for more nuanced oversight, especially as the European AI Act and related legislation could inadvertently limit the adoption of intuitive PAACs. Future research should probe how users negotiate these cues in fully interoperable metaverse environments, particularly when multiple identities or cross-application interactions come into play.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22290,"journal":{"name":"Telecommunications Policy","volume":"49 8","pages":"Article 103020"},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145048634","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Impact of data factor and data integration on economic development: Empirical insights from China","authors":"Zhaopeng Chu ,&nbsp;Xin Chen ,&nbsp;Jun Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Data factor is the foundation of digital empowerment for economic development. This paper studies data factor and its integration with other production factors by theoretically deducing and empirically testing its impacts on economic development. Working with provincial level data from China, the investigation reveals a positive and nonlinear impact of data factor on economic development. When applied at an advanced level, data factor can transform capital and labor into digital production factors, which boost economic development. The effects of data and digital production factors vary across regions and industries. Mechanism analysis shows that the effects of data factor and digital production factors on economic development are mediated by total factor productivity. These results offer clear evidence that all countries can benefit from digital transformation of the economy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22290,"journal":{"name":"Telecommunications Policy","volume":"49 8","pages":"Article 103004"},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145048632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The digital transformation of the film industry: How Artificial Intelligence is changing the seventh art","authors":"Vasilis Tsiavos,&nbsp;Fotis Kitsios","doi":"10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103021","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103021","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Although artificial intelligence has played a dominant role in the digital transformation of many industries and has been the focus of multiple academic studies, only a few researchers have explored the impact of AI on the film industry, even after the advances in large language models like ChatGPT and generative AI tools such as Sora. Questions regarding how the use of AI has affected the core functions of the film industry's value chain (Creation, Production, Dissemination and Exhibition) have only been partially or inadequately explored. This paper intends to address this research gap by conducting a systematic literature review of 74 relevant articles based on the Webster &amp; Watson methodology, to be followed by a conceptual analysis of AI-related themes in the film industry. Our findings reveal that artificial intelligence has long played a role in the film industry, and its influence has only grown with recent advancements in AI, having an impact across the film industry's value chain. We also highlight emerging ethical concerns, such as authorship, creative integrity, and labor displacement that accompany AI's expanding role. Whilst our work contributes to the body of research on AI in the film industry, we also identify potential avenues of research that allow room for future exploration.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22290,"journal":{"name":"Telecommunications Policy","volume":"49 8","pages":"Article 103021"},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145048635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An old familiar song? Assessing the artificial intelligence divide among the regions of the European Union and its connections with digital divides","authors":"María Rosalía Vicente,&nbsp;Carla Álvarez-Rodríguez,&nbsp;Ana Suárez-Álvarez","doi":"10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103030","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103030","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper explores the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools by firms across the regions of the European Union. Using the multivariate technique of factor analysis on a set of AI variables, we assess regional levels of AI use and identify both leading and lagging regions. Within countries territorial disparities are also measured. In addition, we explore the extent to which AI use is linked to regional levels of digitalization. Using spatial econometric models, our findings suggest that regional levels of AI use by firms are explained by past usage of digital tools in a region, i.e., by factors related to the second level of the digital divide. No significant relationship is found either for access or outcomes. Furthermore, what neighboring regions do also play a role. Results indicate the existence of complementary effects in AI use between a region and neighbors; meanwhile the relationship would be negative between a region's use of AI and neighbors' digital use.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22290,"journal":{"name":"Telecommunications Policy","volume":"49 8","pages":"Article 103030"},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145048640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Is disruption the second time around easier? The case of Iliad and the Italian telecommunications market","authors":"Shengxing Yang ,&nbsp;Pierre Vialle ,&nbsp;Jason Whalley","doi":"10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103013","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22290,"journal":{"name":"Telecommunications Policy","volume":"49 8","pages":"Article 103013"},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145048706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Same goal, different paths: Contrasting approaches to AI regulation in China and India","authors":"Puxin Zhang ,&nbsp;Krishna Jayakar ,&nbsp;Richard Taylor ,&nbsp;Chun Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103019","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103019","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper is a comparative analysis of how two leading developing nations, China and India, are proposing to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Despite similarity in circumstances as large developing economies aiming to upgrade their technology sectors and create jobs, the two countries have taken significantly different approaches to AI regulation. Based on interest group theory, we argue that contrasting problem definitions—predominantly in terms of economic competitiveness and national security in China and as applications in India—resulted in the recruitment of very different decision-making groups in the two countries; homogeneous groups of technocrats and security specialists in China and a broader group including consumer advocates in India. This in turn resulted in ambitious and deep policy changes in China and relatively incremental and consensus-based moves in India.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22290,"journal":{"name":"Telecommunications Policy","volume":"49 8","pages":"Article 103019"},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145048633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A new digital era: Challenges and opportunities for Thai women in online marketplace","authors":"Lusi Liao ,&nbsp;Sasiwimon Warunsiri Paweenawat","doi":"10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103025","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103025","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigated gender differences in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and the determinants of women's participation in the online marketplace. We conducted descriptive and empirical analyses using data from the 2010 to 2023 Household Survey on the Use of ICT, which provides comprehensive data on ICT access and usage at both the household and individual levels. Moreover, to capture firm's characteristics involving in online market after the COVID-19 pandemic, we utilize the ICT establishment survey (ICTE) from 2020 to 2022. Both ICT and ICTE cover all country regions and are nationally representative, with an individual sample of around 30,000 and firm sample around 145,000. We found that gender, education, and digital access significantly influence participation in online shopping and online business in Thailand. Women are 10 percentage points more likely to shop online than men. Compared to primary education, university and secondary education increase the probability by 20 and 13 percentage points, respectively. Owning a device and using a computer increases the likelihood of online shopping by 11 and 17 percentage points, respectively. For online businesses, gender and marital status are not significant factors, but education remains important. While being unemployed reduces the probability of engaging in online business by 1.3 percentage points, access to digital devices and computer usage increases the probability by around three percentage points. For the firms, the use of computers increases the probability of participating in online shopping by 27.2 percentage points and doing online business by 23.3 percentage points. Disaggregated results highlight that younger, better-educated, urban women are more active in the online marketplace, supporting theories of digital inequality shaped by personal and structural factors. By applying the RA theory to digital inclusion, we highlight how unequal access to technology and education amplifies existing market inequalities. Our policy recommendations are designed to close these gaps, promoting a more inclusive and competitive digital economy in Thailand.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22290,"journal":{"name":"Telecommunications Policy","volume":"49 8","pages":"Article 103025"},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145048638","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Planned obsolescence and smartphone replacement: Empirical evidence on the Italian market","authors":"Nicoletta Corrocher,&nbsp;Sara Paganuzzi","doi":"10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103022","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103022","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In an era of rapid technological change, planned obsolescence has significantly shaped consumer behaviour, especially in the smartphone industry. This study examines how material, functional, psychological, and economic obsolescence affect smartphone lifespans, using original survey data from Italian consumers. While material remains relevant, its influence diminishes in newer smartphone generations, where software-related limitations and repairability gain prominence. Functional obsolescence is positively associated with device longevity, as many users tolerate performance issues, particularly those with high technological engagement. By contrast, psychological and economic obsolescence remain strong drivers of early replacement. Consumer attitudes interact with different types of obsolescence: users with higher technological engagement are more tolerant of material and functional decline, while pro-repair consumers are less likely to replace devices due to material wear. Furthermore, there is a shift in replacement behaviour over time: for older smartphones, being second-hand significantly shortens lifespan, whereas for newer devices, user behaviour, brand perceptions, and repair attitudes play a more influential role—highlighting a growing consumer awareness around sustainability and functionality. These findings provide insights for both policymakers and manufacturers, highlighting the need for sustainable business practices and robust regulatory frameworks to counteract planned obsolescence and promote longer-lasting products in an environmentally conscious market.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22290,"journal":{"name":"Telecommunications Policy","volume":"49 8","pages":"Article 103022"},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145048636","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Broadband infrastructure sharing as a catalyst for rural digital economy: A systematic review for developing countries","authors":"Nyaura Kibinda ,&nbsp;Deo Shao ,&nbsp;Augustino Mwogosi ,&nbsp;Cesilia Mambile","doi":"10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103028","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103028","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Lack of high-speed broadband connectivity remains a critical barrier to inclusive digital transformation, particularly in rural areas of developing countries. Broadband infrastructure sharing has emerged as a viable strategy to overcome this constraint, facilitating network expansion, bridging the digital divide, and consequently stimulating inclusive digital economic growth. Broadband infrastructure sharing allows multiple mobile operators (MNOs) to share network resources, significantly reducing capital and operational costs and expanding rural coverage. However, its deployment is fraught with multifaceted challenges that inhibit its full potential. This systematic review synthesizes existing literature to highlight both the potential benefits and prevailing challenges facing broadband infrastructure-sharing initiatives among MNOs. It further explores enabling policies, technological innovations, and collaborative business models that could accelerate adoption and sustainability. The review offers practical policy, economic, political and research insights to guide the sustainable deployment of broadband infrastructure sharing in underserved areas, thereby contributing to the broader discourse on digital inclusion and rural economic growth.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22290,"journal":{"name":"Telecommunications Policy","volume":"49 8","pages":"Article 103028"},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145048639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Through a screen darkly: Toward effective transparency of telecommunications supply chains","authors":"Benjamin W. Cramer","doi":"10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103018","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103018","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22290,"journal":{"name":"Telecommunications Policy","volume":"49 8","pages":"Article 103018"},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145048707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}