How to Build a Ubiquitous EU Digital Society

J. Scott Marcus, Jonathan Cave, Werner Neu, Bram van den Ende, Pieter Nooren, Ilsa Godlovitch

ResearchPosted on rand.org Nov 1, 2013Published in: European Parliament, Directorate-General for Internal Policies, Policy Department A: Economic and Scientific Policy (Brussels: European Union, Nov. 2013)

This study analyses the achievements and failures of the European Regulatory Framework for Electronic Communications, with an eye to its impact on the broader EU economy; contrasts it with regulatory models in other parts of the world; evaluates the costs and benefits of various interventions such as international mobile roaming; considers the interaction between fixed and mobile networks; assesses the European Commission's proposed Connected Continent proposals of 11 September 2013; and makes policy recommendations going forward.

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  • Copyright: Public Domain
  • Publisher: European Union
  • Availability: Non-RAND
  • Year: 2013
  • Pages: 222
  • Document Number: EP-51690

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