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{"title":"A decision model for OTT service users to adopt wireless D2D caching networks: Exploring the Korean case","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102793","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102793","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>As many Over-The-Top (OTT) users opt for mobile devices, mobile network traffic surges. However, current mobile communication technology faces difficulties. To provide a stable video content consumption experience to users, reliable alternatives must be found to resolve the limitation of the conventional approach. Accordingly, wireless Device-to-Device (D2D) caching networks have gained attention as a reliable alternative. Considering it can reduce network-related overheads, save related costs, and improve OTT video consumption environment, there is a high possibility that telecommunication operators want to commercialize this technology. To commercialize wireless D2D caching networks, users need to share their resources, such as personal information, smartphone storage, and battery. This study explores the decision-making process of mobile OTT users regarding D2D caching adoption on their mobile devices in Korea. An online survey of 94 respondents was conducted in South Korea. By using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) approach, this study devised an evaluation model that includes three major factors: perceived benefits, perceived costs, and perceived situational conditions. The results reveal that risks, rather than situational factors and benefits, predominantly influence user intentions and strategies. Streaming video content via mobile data or Wi-Fi is viewed as the most feasible choice. Moreover, users show a preference for pre-downloading video content over adopting wireless D2D caching networks on their mobile devices. The findings provide a guideline for understanding the responses of mobile OTT service users and their priorities in responding to adopting wireless D2D caching networks.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":22290,"journal":{"name":"Telecommunications Policy","volume":"48 7","pages":"Article 102793"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141050516","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":"How does technological value drive 6G development? Explanation from a systematic framework","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102790","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102790","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>As a novel form of infrastructure, 6G is poised to become an indispensable component of the future digital economy and serves as a solid guarantee for the development of human society. Given that technological innovation inherently possesses purpose and direction, its progress cannot be divorced from the correct value orientation. However, scholarly attention towards investigating the value proposition of 6G remains limited. Establishing a scientific and rational value system assumes paramount importance in shaping future investments and deployments of 6G and fostering advancements in associated technologies. This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the value proposition of 6G, examining it from multiple perspectives including economic, social, ecological, cultural, and strategic dimensions. In addition, we explore the four vertical value dimensions of nation, industry, firm and individual. By integrating the technology life cycle framework into our consideration, we elucidate how value is realized and evolves across different stages. The primary objective of this paper is to enhance comprehension regarding the value of 6G and forthcoming technologies while extensively expounding on the potential contributions of 6G towards future economic and social development.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":22290,"journal":{"name":"Telecommunications Policy","volume":"48 7","pages":"Article 102790"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140931677","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":"Contextual integrity of loyalty programs, compromised? Interrogating consumer health data practices and networked actors in the U.S. retail sector","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102780","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102780","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study explores privacy issues complicated by the commodification of consumer health data in the United States by looking into loyalty programs (LPs). Three LPs – those of Nike, Walgreens, and DICK’S Sporting Goods – are examined because their incorporation of health technology represents retail data practices unregulated by the U.S. Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Applying the framework of contextual integrity (Nissenbaum, 2004, 2009), the research conducted discourse analysis on corporate communications to identify whether and how privacy conflicts arise in a data economy composed of multiple business entities that use LP member data. The major contributions of this study are a clarification of shortfalls in multi-organizational governance of health-related consumer data outside the HIPAA regulation in the United States, and a recognition that businesses may optimize this data without adequately informing consumers about the risks and providing meaningful redress mechanisms. The paper concludes by urging policy-makers to target networked business relationships and externalities that result from collective behavior of firms trading in consumer health data.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":22290,"journal":{"name":"Telecommunications Policy","volume":"48 7","pages":"Article 102780"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308596124000776/pdfft?md5=f2e1a1d1cf44aeaf2ea8cbed44a60885&pid=1-s2.0-S0308596124000776-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141035055","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}

{"title":"Need for speed: Fiber and student achievement","authors":"Richard Cole Campbell","doi":"10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102767","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102767","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper studies the impact of the introduction of fiber broadband in North Carolina, through the lens of student achievement. I link granular data on new fiber construction and advertised download speeds with administrative test score data and local labor market data. Exploiting variation in fiber availability at the census block group level, I implement a difference-in-differences design and find modest effects on educational outcomes, roughly equivalent to lowering class sizes by one student. I show fiber increases local employment and search intensity for supplementary educational materials. Last, I show that increased competition from fiber providers drives quality improvements in other available technology.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":22290,"journal":{"name":"Telecommunications Policy","volume":"48 6","pages":"Article 102767"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141083166","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":"Key value indicators: A framework for values-driven next-generation ICT solutions","authors":"Gustav Wikström ,&nbsp;Nona Bledow ,&nbsp;Marja Matinmikko-Blue ,&nbsp;Henning Breuer ,&nbsp;Cristina Costa ,&nbsp;George Darzanos ,&nbsp;Anastasius Gavras ,&nbsp;Tobias Hossfeld ,&nbsp;Ioanna Mesogiti ,&nbsp;Katrina Petersen ,&nbsp;Pawani Porambage ,&nbsp;Razvan-Andrei Stoica ,&nbsp;Stefan Wunderer","doi":"10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102778","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102778","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Technology design, development and evaluation has long been driven by functional performance optimization and estimated market opportunities. Today, societal challenges and sustainable development goals are calling for a paradigm shift towards aligning technology development with a values-based consideration and re-prioritization of different ecological, social and economic outcomes. Values have been identified as key drivers of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) research. They are taken into account in the development of 6G networks, e.g. in the context of EU research funding frameworks, but a clear conceptual framework for values-driven development is still missing. This paper deals with the concept of Key Value Indicators (KVIs) as a method for analyzing the values-related outcomes stemming from ICT developments. Leveraging established definitions, frameworks and value identification methods, the paper proposes a structured KVI framework tailored to the ICT research and development (R&amp;D) sector. The proposed framework comprises five steps, starting from the use case-related identification of values to the assessment of value outcomes. ICT-enabled smart cities are analyzed as an example use case to illustrate how this framework can be applied. The KVI framework is aimed to be a useful tool for the ICT research sector (to be used - primarily but not exclusively - by ICT research projects and programs) to address social challenges in technology design and development phases and to identify and estimate value outcomes from technology use. In addition, the proposed framework aims to assist policy makers to establish value-related targets and set requirements and conditions for ICT developments.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":22290,"journal":{"name":"Telecommunications Policy","volume":"48 6","pages":"Article 102778"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308596124000752/pdfft?md5=b7d865f032ab8f7efade9d2926705fa3&pid=1-s2.0-S0308596124000752-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141083167","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}

{"title":"An unexpected digital divide? A look at internet speeds and socioeconomic groups","authors":"Roberto Gallardo ,&nbsp;Brian Whitacre","doi":"10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102777","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102777","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>As societies and economies continue to digitize, the need to understand the digital divide beyond binary availability or adoption metrics is increasing. Understanding the quality and performance of home internet—measured by internet speeds—among different socioeconomic groups contributes to the complex digital equity landscape at a time when all U.S. states and territories are completing digital equity plans. Using 2021 speed test data from Ookla, this study conducts spatial regressions at the census tract level to find that most of the sociodemographic factors associated with lower home internet adoption rates (e.g., rural, poor, older) remain when looking at actual internet speeds. However, an unexpected finding—supported by emerging research—that White non-Hispanic residents are using the internet at slower speeds compared to the two largest minority groups of Blacks and Hispanics suggests a need to potentially reassess the design of digital equity programs and policy interventions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":22290,"journal":{"name":"Telecommunications Policy","volume":"48 6","pages":"Article 102777"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308596124000740/pdfft?md5=5ecb2fe8c63a22de299b6b8fc1c3111f&pid=1-s2.0-S0308596124000740-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140780216","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}

{"title":"The place of content ranking algorithms on the AI risk spectrum","authors":"Judit Bayer","doi":"10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102741","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102741","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This article discusses how content ranking algorithms are positioned within the AI Act. It seeks an answer the quesetion whether content ranking algorithms could count as high-risk systems under the Act? It examines the possibility of later inclusion into the list of high-risk systems by Commission action. Then, it compares the envisioned obligations of high-risk systems with those provided by the Digital Services Act. The article puts forward arguments that content ranking algorithms should be subjected to strict ethical requirements due to their impact on the democratic public discourse, and therefore indirectly, democracy.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":22290,"journal":{"name":"Telecommunications Policy","volume":"48 5","pages":"Article 102741"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308596124000387/pdfft?md5=a3978e73d96f7b51dddee0479bcadcb4&pid=1-s2.0-S0308596124000387-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140783412","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}

{"title":"Reviewing wireless broadband technologies in the peak smartphone era: 6G versus Wi-Fi 7 and 8","authors":"Edward Oughton ,&nbsp;Giovanni Geraci ,&nbsp;Michele Polese ,&nbsp;Vijay Shah ,&nbsp;Dean Bubley ,&nbsp;Scott Blue","doi":"10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102766","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102766","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>With the arrival of the peak smartphone era, users are upgrading their smartphones less frequently, and data growth is decelerating. To ensure effective spectrum management decisions, policy makers require a thorough understanding of prospective wireless broadband technologies, current trends and emerging issues. Here, we review the sixth cellular generation (‘6G’), in comparison to two new Wi-Fi standards, including IEEE 802.11be (‘Wi-Fi 7’) and IEEE 802.11bn (‘Wi-Fi 8’). We identify three emerging issues necessary for successful telecommunication policy. Firstly, evidenced-based policy making needs to be able to measure effectively how much demand takes place <em>where</em> and <em>how</em>. Thus, new datasets are needed reflecting real usage by different wireless broadband technologies, for indoor and outdoor users. Secondly, with data consumption growth slowing, there needs to be an urgent reassessment of spectrum demand versus allocation. Past forecasts do not reflect recent data and regulators urgently need to re-evaluate the implications for spectrum management. Finally, regulators need new and improved Lifecycle Impact Assessment metrics of cellular versus Wi-Fi architectures, to support successful policy decisions which mitigate energy and emissions impacts.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":22290,"journal":{"name":"Telecommunications Policy","volume":"48 6","pages":"Article 102766"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308596124000636/pdfft?md5=e76b167d67187f48492f32072c75e826&pid=1-s2.0-S0308596124000636-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140756740","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}

{"title":"Does digital literacy reduce the risk of returning to poverty? Evidence from China","authors":"Di Zhou ,&nbsp;Fangjing Zha ,&nbsp;Wenyan Qiu ,&nbsp;Xiaoru Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102768","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102768","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Digital literacy is a crucial skill for accessing the benefits of the digital economy. Analyzing the impact of digital literacy on the risk of falling back into poverty is of great practical significance for achieving sustainable poverty alleviation. Based on data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) in 2018, this paper examines the impact of digital literacy on the risk of returning to poverty for poverty-alleviated households, and investigates its underlying mechanism. The study finds that digital literacy can reduce the risk of returning to poverty by promoting local non-farm employment and migrant work, improving entrepreneurial performance, and expanding entrepreneurial scale. However, digital literacy plays a relatively minor role in reducing the risk of returning to poverty through entrepreneurship compared to employment. In the heterogeneity analysis, this paper concludes that digital literacy is more advantageous for disadvantaged groups. Furthermore, compared to digital entertainment literacy, digital learning literacy is more effective in reducing the risk of returning to poverty. This study has significant implications for understanding and improving the governance mechanism of sustainable poverty alleviation through digital literacy.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":22290,"journal":{"name":"Telecommunications Policy","volume":"48 6","pages":"Article 102768"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140774931","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":"Understandings of the AI business ecosystem in South Korea: AI startups’ perspective","authors":"Jinyoung Nam ,&nbsp;Yoonhyuk Jung ,&nbsp;Junghwan Kim","doi":"10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102763","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102763","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Numerous startups are leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to create innovative solutions across a wide range of sectors, positioning themselves as central figures in the AI business ecosystem. Particularly notable is the marked increase in the initiation and investment in AI startups within South Korea. To delve deeper into the AI business ecosystem, this study examines its collective understanding from the viewpoint of AI startups in South Korea. We carried out semi-structured interviews with 16 CEOs and managers of AI startups in the country. This study utilizes a core-periphery analysis of the social representation of the AI business ecosystem. In doing so, it addresses an existing knowledge gap and augments the current body of research pertaining to the AI business ecosystem and the present-day opportunities and challenges it confronts. Our findings serve not only to advise practitioners, governments, and businesses but also underscore the importance of ongoing dialogue among government agencies, leading tech companies, and AI startups to foster a more sustainable AI business ecosystem.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":22290,"journal":{"name":"Telecommunications Policy","volume":"48 6","pages":"Article 102763"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140765241","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}