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Is disruption the second time around easier? The case of Iliad and the Italian telecommunications market 第二次颠覆会更容易吗？《伊利亚特》和意大利电信市场的案例

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Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103013

Shengxing Yang , Pierre Vialle , Jason Whalley

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Planned obsolescence and smartphone replacement: Empirical evidence on the Italian market 计划报废和智能手机更换：意大利市场的经验证据

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Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103022

Nicoletta Corrocher, Sara Paganuzzi

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Broadband infrastructure sharing as a catalyst for rural digital economy: A systematic review for developing countries 宽带基础设施共享作为农村数字经济的催化剂：对发展中国家的系统回顾

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Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103028

Nyaura Kibinda , Deo Shao , Augustino Mwogosi , Cesilia Mambile

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Through a screen darkly: Toward effective transparency of telecommunications supply chains 透过黑暗的屏幕：迈向电信供应链的有效透明

IF 6.4 2区管理学

Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103018

Benjamin W. Cramer

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Lawfulness of mass processing personal data to train large language models in China 中国大规模处理个人数据训练大型语言模型的合法性

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Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103023

Lu Zhang

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Generative artificial intelligence in advertising. Field applications in Rio de Janeiro and Catalonia 广告中的生成式人工智能。在巴西里约热内卢和加泰罗尼亚的现场应用

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Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-08-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103033

Jordi Serra-Simón , Mònica Puntí-Brun , Sílvia Espinosa-Mirabet , Maria Alice de Faria Nogueira , Ramón Martín-Guart , Sandro Tôrres de Azevedo

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Establishment of mobile money corridors and Burkina Faso's intra-WAEMU trade 建立移动货币走廊和布基纳法索的西非货币联盟内部贸易

IF 6.4 2区管理学

Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2025-08-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103000

Lamoussa Seydou Lankoande

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Beyond infrastructure: Internet ecosystem resilience and the public good 基础设施之外：互联网生态系统的弹性和公共利益

IF 6.4 2区管理学

Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2025-08-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.102998

Bronwyn Howell

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Social media access and purposeful use in China: Geospatial patterns and socioeconomic and COVID-19 influences 中国社交媒体访问和有目的使用：地理空间格局、社会经济和COVID-19影响

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Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2025-08-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103002

James B. Pick, Fang Ren, Avijit Sarkar

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Safeguarding media freedom from infrastructural reliance on AI companies: The role of EU law 保护媒体自由不受人工智能公司的基础设施依赖：欧盟法律的作用

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Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2025-08-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.102990

M.Z. van Drunen

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