Broadband economics : : lessons from Japan / / Takanori Ida.
Japan's high-speed Internet access services such as ADSL, CATV Internet and FTTH are considered the cheapest and fastest state-of-the-art services drawing international attention. In this book the author introduces the current status of broadband services in Japan and their recent development i...
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| Superior document: | Routledge studies in global competition |
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| Place / Publishing House: | London : : Routledge,, 2009. |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 2009 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in global competition.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (307 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Broadband Economics; Copyright Page; Contents; Abbreviations; List of figures and tables; Introduction; 1. Competition policy in the broadband era; Dilemma of competition policy; The year 2010: Respective visions of NTT and the MIC; Moving toward the future of broadband in Japan; Conclusions; Appendix to chapter 1; Part I: Broadband economics basics and analytical tools; 2. Broadband in Japan: Current situation and issues; Current state of broadband in Japan; Competition policy paradigm shift; Why Japan's broadband deployment succeeded; Conclusions
- 3. Network economics: Theory and policyFrom regulation to competition; Bottleneck monopoly; Network externalities; Industrial convergence and the complexity of network economy; Conclusions; 4. Discrete choice analysis: Methodology and case studies; Random utility theory; Conditional logit model; Nested logit (NL) model; Mixed logit (ML) model; RP and SP data; Conjoint analysis; Conclusion; Part II: The current status of Japan's broadband; 5. Fixed-line broadband: From ADSL to FTTH; Analysis of fixed-line broadband supply; Demand analysis of fixed-line broadband
- Discrete choice model analysis of broadband (revealed preference method)Discrete choice model analysis of broadband (stated preference method); Policy issues for fixed-line broadband; Conclusions; 6. IP telephony: Inception to widespread deployment; IP telephony supply analysis; IP telephony demand analysis; Conjoint analysis of demand for IP telephony; IP telephony policy issues; Conclusion; 7. Mobile telephony: From voice to data services; Mobile telephony supply analysis; Mobile telephony demand analysis; Econometric analysis of demand for mobile telephone; Mobile phone policy issues
- ConclusionPart III: The future of Japan's broadband; 8. Fiber to the home: Migration and lock-in; Current status of broadband migration; Econometric analysis of FTTH migration; Econometric analysis of lock-in effects; Conclusion; 9. The future of fixed-mobile convergence; Fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) service; Survey method and data; Estimation models; Lock-in effects from broadband to mobile phone services; Lock-in effects from mobile phone to broadband services; Impacts of lock-in effects between broadband and mobile phone services; Conclusion; 10. The digital divide: Closing the gap
- What is digital divide?Japan's digital divide; FTTH usage in Yawata and Tokyo; Econometric analysis of usage-based digital divide; Conclusions; Notes; References; Index