The April issue of #TelecommunicationsPolicy explores the impacts of #ICT from multiple perspectives, providing insightful guidance to policymakers and regulators. Check it out now ⬇
📖 https://lnkd.in/dcTzWx6y
Here's a recap of all articles:
⛓ In his editorial, Nir Kshetri provides an overview of the economic, social, and political impacts of #blockchain: https://lnkd.in/dvUnqWDJ
🌿 Qiang Wang, Sailan Hu & Rongrong Li explore the impact of ICT on #carbon emissions considering the role of trade and finance, concluding that such relationships show a sustained positive trend: https://lnkd.in/dcysq8zR
🔌 Jens Malmodin, Nina Lövehagen, Pernilla Bergmark & Dag Lundén estimate the #electricity consumption and #greenhouse gas emissions of the #ICT sector: https://lnkd.in/dTSPVCJe
💻 Seungyeon Ha & Seongcheol Kim develop a conceptual framework for digital #platform #literacy: https://lnkd.in/d_jfydwc
📊 Thi Viet Duc Dang, @Tran Tho Dat, Dang Huyen Linh & @Bui Xuan Phong (Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology) propose a model to measure the digital economy in #Vietnam, considering the concept of #digitalspillover: https://lnkd.in/daZ7TwuM
💹 Yihan Zhang, Jinwen Xu & Wancheng Yang construct ICT services #trade networks from 2004 to 2020, using network analysis methods: https://lnkd.in/diYxrrRz
💳 Xiaoxue Zhang & Zizhong Zhang study users' resistance to #facialrecognition payments, finding that technology anxiety is positively associated with technology, provider, legal, and user vulnerabilities: https://lnkd.in/dqT_ivA6
📳 William Webb, Arturas Medeisis & Leo Fulvio Minervini introduce the concept of Evolved Spectrum Usage Rights to enable flexible #spectrum property rights: https://lnkd.in/di8JQr_t
📵 Wei Ren & Xiaowen Zhu analyse the evolution of age-based #digitaldivides in China from 2010 to 2020, concluding that such divides persisted over the years and have widened among the less-educated populations: https://lnkd.in/dY4K4meY
🏕 Sharon Strover, Jaewon Choi & Alexis D. Schrubbe, PhD explore the relationship between #broadband availability and quality and #entrepreneurship in #rural regions, showing that digital ventures and sole proprietorships are both highly related to local broadband speeds, but rurality mitigates those impacts: https://lnkd.in/dsBn8uMu
🌐 Rohit Prasad & V Sridhar advocate for an integrated sphere of #competition and #cooperation between #telecommunications service providers and #content and #application providers, proposing a new regulatory approach (Diagonal Equity) that recognises the need for similar regulatory principles for both markets: https://lnkd.in/dRPY5tvi
