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A dispute between Netflix and SK Broadband in South Korea: Who should pay the network usage fees?

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Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2025-02-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.102913

Jihong Kim, Heejin Lee

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Framing metaverse identity: A multidimensional framework for governing digital selves

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Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2025-02-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.102906

Liang Yang , Yan Xu , Pan Hui

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An empirical analysis on relationships between over-the-top applications for communication and traditional mobile voice services

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Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2025-02-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.102916

Chate Khemakongkanonth

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A study on Metaverse risk factors and user risk perception in South Korea

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Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2025-02-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.102911

SunKyung Shin , Jooyeun Park

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Different approaches to Spanish e-government: From use to impact

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Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2025-02-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.102918

Covadonga Gijón, Fernando Fernández-Bonilla, Aurora Ruíz-Rúa

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Dualistic nature of the 4IR: Investigating the economy-wide impacts of the 4IR with a focus on Korean economy using a CGE analysis

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Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2025-02-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.102928

Yeongjun Yeo , Won-Sik Hwang , Kiyoon Shin , Chanyoung Hong , Inha Oh , Sungmoon Jung , Jeong-Dong Lee

{"title":"Dualistic nature of the 4IR: Investigating the economy-wide impacts of the 4IR with a focus on Korean economy using a CGE analysis","authors":"Yeongjun Yeo , Won-Sik Hwang , Kiyoon Shin , Chanyoung Hong , Inha Oh , Sungmoon Jung , Jeong-Dong Lee","doi":"10.1016/j.telpol.2025.102928","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.telpol.2025.102928","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study quantitatively assesses and projects the socioeconomic impacts of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) with a focus on the South Korean economy. We have developed a policy simulation framework using a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to capture the intricate interplay between 4IR-driven technological advances and various economic sectors. The CGE analysis endeavors to quantify the widespread implications of 4IR technological changes in terms of GDP, industrial production, labor market dynamics, and income distribution. The study constructs various policy scenarios predicated on the diffusion of 4IR technologies and the conditions within the labor market. From the CGE analysis, it is evident that the 4IR exerts a dualistic impact on the economic system, where it offers opportunities for economic growth and efficiency while concurrently risking an exacerbation of labor market polarization and income inequality. However, the simulation results imply that strategic workforce development, synchronized with the adoption of 4IR technologies through lifelong learning and skill enhancement, is essential to soften the adverse effects of swift technological advancements and to ensure the benefits of the 4IR are equitably distributed across the economy. Our study advocates for a balanced approach that recognizes the unique potential and challenges of each sector and aims to support the workforce across all levels of skill and income.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22290,"journal":{"name":"Telecommunications Policy","volume":"49 3","pages":"Article 102928"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143561564","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}

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Economic, political, and social factors impeding the regulation of digital platforms

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Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2025-02-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.102915

Martha Garcia-Murillo , Ian MacInnes

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A market analysis on data ecosystem initiators and their value propositions in different ecosystems

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Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2025-02-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.102910

Maarten de Mildt, Sofie Verbrugge, Didier Colle

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It's just distributed computing: Rethinking AI governance

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Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2025-02-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.102917

Milton L. Mueller

{"title":"It's just distributed computing: Rethinking AI governance","authors":"Milton L. Mueller","doi":"10.1016/j.telpol.2025.102917","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.telpol.2025.102917","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>What we now lump under the unitary label “artificial intelligence” is not a single technology, but a highly varied set of machine learning applications enabled and supported by a globally ubiquitous system of distributed computing. The paper introduces a 4 part conceptual framework for analyzing the structure of that system, which it labels the digital ecosystem. What we now call “AI” is then shown to be a general functionality of distributed computing. \"AI” has been present in primitive forms from the origins of digital computing in the 1950s. Three short case studies show that large-scale machine learning applications have been present in the digital ecosystem ever since the rise of the Internet. and provoked the same public policy concerns that we now associate with “AI.” The governance problems of “AI” are really caused by the development of this digital ecosystem, not by LLMs or other recent applications of machine learning. The paper then examines five recent proposals to “govern AI”and maps them to the constituent elements of the digital ecosystem model. This mapping shows that real-world attempts to assert governance authority over AI capabilities requires systemic control of all four elements of the digital ecosystem: data, computing power, networks and software. “Governing AI,” in other words, means total control of distributed computing. A better alternative is to focus governance and regulation upon specific applications of machine learning. An application-specific approach to governance allows for a more decentralized, freer and more effective method of solving policy conflicts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22290,"journal":{"name":"Telecommunications Policy","volume":"49 3","pages":"Article 102917"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143561657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The impact of FoMO and FoBO on YouTube summary video consumption: A social identity perspective

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Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.102909

In-Young Park, Hyung-Min Kim

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