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Into the next generation of digital protection: AI resiliency as a public responsibility

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Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2025-01-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.102907

Eli Noam

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Assessing the impacts of low-earth orbital satellite systems in remote indigenous communities: Social and economic outcomes of use in northern Canada

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Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2025-01-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.102912

Rob McMahon , Murat Akçayır , Brenda Norris , Lyle Fabian

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Niche analysis of competition among music streaming services in Korea

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Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2025-01-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.102904

Saehe Shin, Seongcheol Kim

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Regional mapping of ICT specialization and adoption of industry 4.0 technologies in Greece

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Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2025-01-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102903

Dimitrios Stamopoulos , Petros Dimas , Evangelos Siokas , Aggelos Tsakanikas

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Perspectives on political influences on changes in telecommunications and internet economy markets

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Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2024-12-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102901

Bronwyn Howell , Fernando Herrera González , Georg Serentschy , Mark Jamison , Petrus Potgieter , Roslyn Layton , Íñigo Herguera García

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Electronic toll collection (ETC) on highways: Global trends, Vietnam's experience, and policy lessons

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Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2024-12-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102892

Khuong Vu

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Bridging the digital divide: Analyzing subsidy allocation efficiency in telecom sector reforms

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Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2024-11-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102880

Abdul Kayum , Md. Shahnawaz Abdin , Brajesh Mishra , Amaan Kayum

{"title":"Bridging the digital divide: Analyzing subsidy allocation efficiency in telecom sector reforms","authors":"Abdul Kayum , Md. Shahnawaz Abdin , Brajesh Mishra , Amaan Kayum","doi":"10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102880","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102880","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper aims to introduce the 'Subsidy Allocation Efficiencies' (SAE) metric as a practical tool for policymakers to evaluate subsidy programs for universal service provisioning. Using a qualitative case study approach, the paper investigates various subsidy allocation methods adopted by the Universal Service Fund, comparing them in terms of SAE. The SAE metric is validated by applying the ‘similarity index’ to Milgrom's optimal auction design. The study finds that subsidy allocations can be as efficient as 95% and as inefficient as −16%, generally identifying them as restrictive and prone to cartelization. Bidders often exploited allocation rules, leading to poor subsidy allocation efficiency, and subsidy benchmarking was found to lack rigor. However, ease of participation was found to reduce cartelization and improve efficiency. The saved funds from accurately benchmarked and efficiently allocated subsidies can be used to cover more beneficiaries or reduce the universal service levy rate, easing the burden on consumers. Focusing on India's Universal Service Fund, this study critically assesses subsidy allocation methods to provide policymakers with insights for optimizing public-funded infrastructure projects. It addresses the lack of empirical research on Subsidy Allocation Efficiency (SAE) and challenges the assumption that auctions alone guarantee efficient subsidy allocation, emphasizing the importance of bidding rules.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22290,"journal":{"name":"Telecommunications Policy","volume":"49 1","pages":"Article 102880"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143135968","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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Digital connectivity and the SDGs: Conceptualising the link through an institutional resilience lens

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Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2024-11-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102879

Shirin Madon , Silvia Masiero

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Beyond geopolitics: Agency and modularity in mobile telecommunications in Kazakhstan

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Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2024-11-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102878

Oyuna Baldakova, Elisa Oreglia

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Digitalization and country distance in international trade: An empirical analysis of European countries

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Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2024-11-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102877

Thuy Linh Cao , Judy Hsu

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