Telecommunications Policy

Papers
(The median citation count of Telecommunications Policy is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)
ArticleCitations
Willingness to pay and pricing for broadband across the rural/urban divide in Canada149
Analysis of spectrum pricing for commercial mobile services: A cross country study135
How offline retailers adopt O2O: Neighboring star shops and their proximity effect132
Editorial Board130
European Union policy on 5G: Context, scope and limits119
Qualitative analysis of structural holes in emerging media industries: Evidence from Taiwan’s Over-The-Top Industry118
Critical junctures in United Kingdom telecommunications policy116
Building an ecosystem for mobile broadband measurement: Methods and policy challenges104
Conflicting national policies: The creation of the euro and the rebalancing of telecommunications prices96
Into the next generation of digital protection: AI resiliency as a public responsibility93
The tax burden on mobile network operators in Africa78
Mobile network operators’ business risks in next-generation public safety services73
What is civil society and who represents civil society at the IGF? An analysis of civil society typologies in internet governance64
Developing a conceptual framework for digital platform literacy62
Juggling ecumenical wisdoms and xenophobic institutions: Framing and modelling China's telecommunications universal service and rural digitalization initiatives and policies59
Cloud computing and rural globalization: Evidence for the U.S. nonfarm economy57
Editorial Board56
Exploring killer domains to create new value: A comparative case study of Canadian and Korean telcos55
Exploring the role of data enclosure in the digital political economy54
Concentration of the mobile telecommunications markets and countries’ competitiveness53
Editorial Board53
Competition reform and household welfare: A microsimulation analysis of the telecommunication sector in Ethiopia53
Greening the telecommunications industry – Consumer preferences and surcharges for environmental attributes of mobile phone plans53
Analysis of the evolution characteristics of international ICT services trade based on complex network53
Developing information and communication technology with the belt and road initiative and the digital silk road53
Understandings of the AI business ecosystem in South Korea: AI startups’ perspective52
A study on Metaverse risk factors and user risk perception in South Korea51
The advent of 5G and the non-discrimination principle50
A two-sided model of paid peering48
Two paths of balancing technology and ethics: A comparative study on AI governance in China and Germany47
Ultra-broadband investment and economic resilience: Evidence from the Covid-19 pandemic46
How is mobile broadband intensity affecting CO2 emissions? – A macro analysis46
Editorial Board42
Elections, institutions, and the regulatory politics of platform governance: The case of the German NetzDG42
Total factor productivity enablers in the ICT industry: A cross-country firm-level analysis42
Exploring the structural effects of the ICT sector in the Greek economy: A quantitative approach based on input-output and network analysis41
The future of 5G and beyond: Leadership, deployment and European policies41
Explaining geospatial variation in mobile phone ownership among rural women of Bangladesh: A multi-level and multidimensional approach41
The effect of the digital economy on services exports competitiveness and ternary margins41
Editorial Board40
Tech diplomacy and Critical Technologies: Case of the LEO satellite internet38
The digital divide between high school students in Colombia38
The state is watching you—A cross-national comparison of data retention in Europe37
Impact of data trade restrictions on IT services export: A cross-country analysis37
Unravelling digital divides in the Emilia-Romagna region through the poset approach37
The growing impact of ICT productivity via the cost of capital: Evidence from the U.S. and Japan36
Lesser evil? Public opinion on regulating fake news in Japan, South Korea, and Thailand – A three-country comparison34
Do subscribers of mobile networks care about Data Throttling?34
Does ICT create a new driving force for manufacturing?—Evidence from Chinese manufacturing firms33
Uncovering the impact of IP location display on user behavior in China's social platforms: A policy-driven analysis33
Broadband technology opportunities program public computer center grants and residential broadband adoption33
Editorial: Economic, social and political impacts of blockchain32
Does ICTs decrease the spread of informal economy in Africa?31
Harnessing digital technologies for poverty reduction. Evidence for low-income and lower-middle income countries30
Multi-perspective approach for developing sustainable 6G mobile communications30
Editorial Board29
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Infrastructure sharing reduces the energy, emissions and costs of universal mobile 4G and 5G broadband28
Multivariate and geospatial analysis of technology utilization in US counties28
AI narratives and unequal conditions. Analyzing the discourse of liminal expert voices in discursive communicative spaces28
The Brussels Effect in Brazil: Analysing the impact of the EU digital services act on the discussion surrounding the fake news bill28
Can digital literacy improve income mobility? Evidence from China27
Do digital platform's unethical behaviors influence users' trust and intention to use alternative platforms?26
Using spectrum set-asides to address distributional objectives: Lessons from Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States25
The influence of digital divide frames on legislative passage and partisan sponsorship: A content analysis of digital equity legislation in the U.S. from 1990 to 202025
Transforming cybersecurity with agentic AI to combat emerging cyber threats24
A centrality analysis of the Lightning Network24
Does social media improve women's political empowerment in Africa?23
Privacy in AI and the IoT: The privacy concerns of smart speaker users and the Personal Information Protection Law in China23
Digitalization and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic23
The COVID-19 pandemic and deepening digital inequalities in China22
Impacts of the Broadband Initiatives Program on broadband adoption and home telework22
Voices from Northern Canada: Integrating stakeholder expectations in telecommunications policy for rural, remote and Northern regions22
The rise of 5G technologies and systems: A quantitative analysis of knowledge production22
Kids content as IPTV operator's new differentiator: The Korean case22
Crisis-ready telecom: Global approaches to emergency management in telecommunications22
Evolved spectrum usage rights: A catalyst for liberal spectrum management reform22
Legitimacy considerations in regulation for local mobile communication network business in Finland and the UK22
Examining the US amateur-radio community through a polycentricity lens21
Technology empowerment: A path to poverty alleviation for Chinese women from the perspective of development communication21
Conversations with fellow leaders: Privacy framing in congressional hearings after Cambridge Analytica21
What would it cost to connect the unconnected? Estimating global universal broadband infrastructure investment21
Editorial Board20
Environmental sustainability in the OECD: The power of digitalization, green innovation, renewable energy and financial development20
The rewards of municipal broadband: An econometric analysis of the labor market19
Exploring the contributors to the digital economy: Insights from Vietnam with comparisons to Thailand18
Do ICTs drive wealth inequality? Evidence from a dynamic panel analysis18
Scoping new policy frameworks for local and community broadband networks18
Working from home, job tasks, and productivity18
Is digitalization a booster for economic growth in Africa? Short run and long run evidence from Tanzania17
From vulnerabilities to resilience: Taiwan's semiconductor industry and geopolitical challenges17
A study on forward and backward linkage effects in South Korea's telecom industry across generations16
Idea entrepreneurs: The United Nations Open-Ended Working Group & cybersecurity16
Development of the ICT sector and the determinants of Internet use in the Southern Caucasus16
Drivers of and barriers to e-commerce adoption in Indonesia: Individuals’ perspectives and the implications16
Digital technologies and financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa16
Is ICT an enduring driver of economic growth? Evidence from South Asian economies16
How do standards committees affect the success of a standard? Comparative analysis of RCS and VoLTE and proposed hybrid standards development model of open and bandwagon approaches16
Exacerbating the divide? Investigating rural inequalities in high speed broadband availability15
Understanding the evolution of China's standardization policy system15
An empirical analysis on relationships between over-the-top applications for communication and traditional mobile voice services15
Editorial Board15
What drives broadband traffic?15
COVID-19 and changes in content usage behavior: The case of South Korea15
Editorial: Digital societies and industrial transformations: ITS 23rd Biennial Conference15
Customer churn prediction for fixed wireless access: The case of a regional internet service provider15
Assessing the European association between digitalization and innovation14
Editorial Board14
Employment and the gender digital divide in Latin America: A decomposition analysis14
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A deep dive into the birth process of linking 6G and the UN SDGs14
Development of 5G – Identifying organizations active in publishing, patenting, and standardization14
The “Netflix effect” revisited: OTT video, media globalization and digital sovereignty in 4 countries14
Promoting the adoption of digital technology: Strategic policy insights from a network effects model14
OTT and live streaming services: Past, present, and future14
Urbanization and sustainable development for inclusiveness using ICTs14
Reviewing wireless broadband technologies in the peak smartphone era: 6G versus Wi-Fi 7 and 814
Determining spectrum caps and service efficiency: A case study of mobile operators in Thailand14
The value of public service broadcasting in Japan during COVID-19 pandemic: An analysis of WTP by Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition13
Economic, political, and social factors impeding the regulation of digital platforms13
Compartmental market models in the digital economy—extension of the Bass model to complex economic systems13
Sourcing behavior and the role of news media in AI-powered search engines in the digital media ecosystem: Comparing political news retrieval across five languages13
Economic growth and broadband access: The European urban-rural digital divide13
5G and the notion of network ideology, or: The limitations of sociotechnical imaginaries13
Tourism usage of digital collaborative economy platforms in Europe: Situation, behaviours, and implications for the digital policies12
The role of blockchain for trade in global value chains: A systematic literature review and guidance for future research12
Efficiency frontier of OECD MNOs: Multinational vs Domestic12
Internet price, speed, and disparity: The case of rural healthcare providers in the United States12
Standard essential patents and global ICT value chains with a focus on the catching-up of China12
Telecommunications and Space Debris: Adaptive Regulation Beyond Earth12
Technological change, completeness of financing microstructures, and impact on well-being and income inequality12
Spatial econometric analysis of the digital divide in Thailand at the sub-district level: Patterns and determinants12
Digital discrimination under disparate impact: A legal and economic analysis12
Editorial Board12
New challenges in Internet governance: Power shifts and contestation from “within”12
The effects of internet proliferation on search engine and over-the-top service markets12
Establishment of mobile money corridors and Burkina Faso's intra-WAEMU trade12
App store governance: Implications, limitations, and regulatory responses12
Regulation and innovation in 5G markets12
Editorial Board12
Valuing the virtual: The impact of fiber to the home on property prices in France11
Restraining ICANN: An analysis of OFAC sanctions and their impact on the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers11
Assessment of E-government inclusion policies toward seniors: A framework and case study11
Editorial Board11
Advertising in streaming video: An integrative literature review and research agenda11
Promotion of high-capacity broadband in the face of increasing global stress11
Editorial Board10
Blockchain for sustainability: A systematic literature review for policy impact10
Expertise and Participation in the Facebook Oversight Board: From Reason to Will10
Assessing the effectiveness of OTT services, branded apps, and gamified loyalty giveaways on mobile customer churn in the telecom industry: A machine-learning approach10
Editorial Board10
The effect of gender inequality in internet access on energy poverty: A preliminary investigation in developing countries10
The age-based digital divides in China: Trends and socioeconomic differentials (2010–2020)10
An in-depth analysis of the entrepreneurship of rural Chinese mothers and the digital inclusive finance10
The academic industry’s response to generative artificial intelligence: An institutional analysis of large language models10
Internet access and its role on educational inequality during the COVID-19 pandemic10
Determinants of FTTH tariffs evolution in EU: A panel data analysis10
An assessment of the liberalization and the evolution of competition in the Moroccan mobile market9
The impact of spectrum set-asides on private and public mobile networks9
Experimenting in the cloud: The digital divide's impact on innovation9
Digital infrastructure and employment in services: Evidence from Sub-Saharan African countries9
The moral hazard of Lax FCC land use oversight for advanced network infrastructure9
A question of strategic legislation: Can the EU deal with cybersecurity issues in space?9
Who do you think you are? Individual stakeholder identification and mobility at the Internet Governance Forum9
Digital infrastructure empowerment and urban carbon emissions: Evidence from China9
A preview of the broadband fabric: Opportunities and issues for researchers and policymakers9
China's emerging role in the global semiconductor value chain9
The impact of mobile virtual network operators on the mobile telecommunications services market: The case of the Czech Republic9
Digital economy and settlement intention of migrants in urban China9
Convergence and determinants of ICT development in case of emerging market economies9
Factors driving mobile network operator profitability in public safety mobile broadband projects8
Blockchain as a cutting-edge technology impacting business: A systematic literature review perspective8
A combinatorial auction to sell TV broadcasting rights in league sports8
Competitive effects of mergers and of spectrum divestment remedies in mobile telecommunication markets8
The efficiency analysis of media companies: An application of DEA and Malmquist indices8
The role of mobile network operators in next-generation public safety services8
A systematic review of mobile payment literature: What has been studied and what should be studied?8
Reclaiming spectrum from incumbents in inefficiently allocated bands: Transaction costs, competition, and flexibility8
The multidimensional effect of financial development on trade in Africa: The role of the digital economy8
Why do users perceive digital platforms as indispensable to their lives?: A study on KakaoTalk in Korea8
Estimating private costs in a descending clock auction: The FCC’s rural digital opportunity fund8
Factors affecting users' satisfaction and dissatisfaction of OTT services in South Korea8
Need for speed: Fiber and student achievement7
Understanding uptake in demand-side broadband subsidy programs: The affordable connectivity program case7
Editorial Board7
Leveraging university research within the context of open innovation: The case of Huawei7
Is pay-or-consent for privacy justifiable? Evidence from different users' privacy attitudes toward behavioral data collection in South Korea7
Coopetition, standardization and general purpose technologies: A framework and an application7
Is your netflix a substitute for your telefunken? Evidence on the dynamics of traditional pay TV and OTT in Latin America7
Exploring fans’ participation in digital media: Transcreation of webtoons7
Determinants of internet use by school-age children: The challenges for Mexico during the COVID-19 pandemic7
Toward an integrated framework for developing European 6G innovation7
Regional mapping of ICT specialization and adoption of industry 4.0 technologies in Greece7
Community-wide broadband adoption and student academic achievement7
Why do Korean users intend to subscribe to global OTT service through their local IPTV service?7
The role of epistemic communities in the “constitutionalization” of internet governance: The example of the European Commission High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence7
Assessing the impacts of low-earth orbital satellite systems in remote indigenous communities: Social and economic outcomes of use in northern Canada7
Assessing the economy-wide impacts of digital transformation in the Korean economy: A social accounting matrix multiplier approach6
Editorial Board6
The integrated sphere of coopetition of digital services and the regulatory approach of diagonal equity6
Declared essential patents and average total R&D expenditures per patent family6
Private participation in government-led backbone network projects: Lessons from three Latin American experiments6
Urban wireless traffic evolution: The role of new devices and the effect of policy6
Digitalization and economic growth in the MENA region: Evidence from panel data analysis6
Editorial Board6
Bridging the digital divide: Analyzing subsidy allocation efficiency in telecom sector reforms6
Does digitalization promote net job creation? Empirical evidence from WAEMU countries6
China 5G: Opportunities and Challenges6
Untangling the paradox of Licensed Shared Access: Need for regulatory refocus6
Municipal fiber in the United States: A financial assessment6
Analysing the C-Band spectrum auctions for 5G in Europe: Achieving efficiency and fair decisions in radio spectrum management6
Sustainability of mobile IT sector in industrially developing countries by supporting repairability6
Participation of developing countries in global value chains: What role for information and communication technologies?5
The role of Video on Demand in stimulating broadband adoption5
Learning from the neighbors: The diffusion of state broadband policies in the United States5
On the verge of a digital divide in the use of generative AI?5
Special issue editorial “The impact of modern broadband networks on Energy Consumption and CO2 emissions”5
Who uses paid over-the-top services and why? Cross-national comparisons of consumer demographics and values5
What $2.5 billion can buy: The effect of the Broadband Initiatives Program on farm productivity5
Who is left behind? Exploring the characteristics of China's broadband non-adopting families5
Consumer-driven design and evaluation of broadband labels5
Does affordable Internet promote maternal and child healthcare access? Evidence from a post-telecommunication market disruption period in India4
Niche analysis of competition among music streaming services in Korea4
Female participation in African labor markets: The role of information and communication technologies4
Analysis of cybersecurity competencies: Recommendations for telecommunications policy4
Using spectrum allocations to address indigenous rights claims: The case of New Zealand4
Network slicing and net neutrality4
The European Commission's approach to mergers involving software-based platforms: Towards a better understanding of platform power4
Editorial Board4
Leveraging digital technology for development: Does ICT contribute to poverty reduction?4
ICT, governance and inequality in Africa4
It's just distributed computing: Rethinking AI governance4
Is Netflix a threat to the cable TV industry? Evidence from Brazil4
Internet of things and the economics of 5G-based local industrial networks4
Evaluating digital skills policies: Assessing the potential impact of outreach programs in Italy4
Editorial Board4
Mobile payment and rural household consumption: Evidence from China4
An assessment of estimation models and investment gaps for the deployment of high-speed broadband networks in NUTS3 regions to meet the objectives of the European Gigabit Society4
Systematic analysis of the blockchain in the energy sector: Trends, issues, and future directions4
What do we know about duopolies? Insights from the history of cellular phones4
Editorial Board4
Lifting a regulatory millstone around 5G investors’ neck – 5G network slicing versus EU-net neutrality?4
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