Broadband and Economic Development: A Municipal Case Study From Florida

Ford, George S.; Koutsky, Thomas

doi:10.1111/j.1467-940x.2005.00107.x

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“…Similarly, investment in ICTs and telecommunication or broadband infrastructure were shown to be positively related to growth in OECD countries (Koutroumpis, 2009;Röller & Waverman, 2001). Municipal level studies in the United States and national-level studies in other Western countries and China find similar results (Ford & Koutsky, 2005;Kumar et al, 2016;Oulton, 2002).…”

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The Impact of Connectivity in Africa: Grand Visions and the Mirage of Inclusive Digital Development

Friederici

Ojanperä

Graham

2017

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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Corporations, development organisations and governments have launched ambitious programmes to 'connect the unconnected', reasoning that this creates economic growth and inclusive development. This paper contrasts these actors' discourses with evidence from academic research. The evidence suggests a highly uneven economic impact of Internet connectivity across geographies and social strata. The analysed sources of discourse (African ICT policies and reports by international organisations) instead propose Grand Visions of connectivity, attributing a self-evident positive, widespread, and transformational impact to the Internet. We discuss technological determinism, acontextual modernism, and optimistic simplism as underlying this contrast, calling for more reflexivity towards the opportunities of 'digital development'.

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The Impact of Connectivity in Africa: Grand Visions and the Mirage of Inclusive Digital Development

Friederici

Ojanperä

Graham

2017

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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“…Urban planning and government policies also play an important role in the making of a wireless city [34]. For example, through a comparative study of Singapore and Taipei, Hu et al [5] suggested that the development of the wireless city in Taipei is mainly driven by top-down government policy while such development depends more on the market-driven participation of customers in Singapore.…”

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The Making of a Sustainable Wireless City? Mapping Public Wi-Fi Access in Shanghai

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Abstract:In the context of the global information economy, ready access to the Internet is critical to a city's competitiveness, which has prompted a number of cities to launch plans to establish wireless networks. Most literature on the development of wireless cities focuses on cities in Western countries, and few have discussed how Chinese cities have adopted wireless technologies in their urban infrastructure development efforts. This paper examines recent development and spatial distribution of public Wi-Fi access in Shanghai, a leading business hub in China. We mapped Wi-Fi hotspots through the government sponsored "i-Shanghai" project and China Mobile Communications Corporation (CMCC). We find that while telecommunication providers have been proactively deploying WLAN (wireless local area network, a proxy of public Wi-Fi or wireless access) hotspots in Shanghai, neither government sponsored WLAN hotspots nor facilities established by CMCC could cover the old traditional neighborhoods in the central city and sub-districts in remote rural areas. We also address the development of a more sustainable wireless city in Shanghai with a particular focus on digital divide and social equity issues.

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“…Selain sektor swasta, sektor publik juga mengalami pertumbuhan ekonomi yang signifikan sebagaimana yang terjadi di Lake County, Florida, Amerika Serikat (G.S. Ford, T. M. Koutsky, 2005). Studi lainnya menunjukkan bahwa pemanfaatan teknologi pitalebar pada sektor industri memberikan dampak terhadap industri termasuk pertumbuhan lapangan pekerjaan meskipun memang tidak semua jenis industri mengalami pertumbuhan lapangan kerja sebagaimana yang terjadi di Kentucky, Amerika Serikat (Shideler D., Badasyan N., 2007).…”

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Dampak Sosial Ekonomi dan Peran Pemerintah Daerah dalam Perkembangan Teknologi Pitalebar di Indonesia [Social Economy Impact and Local Government Initiative relating to Broadband Technology Development in Indonesia]

Pradono¹

2016

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Nevertheless, the initiatives from local governments need to be intensified in order to increase social and economical growth through the equitable distribution of broadband internet usage in all over Indonesia. A B S T R A KKata kunci : Internet Pitalebar Sosial ekonomi Indonesia memiliki aset yang berperan penting bagi pembangunan nasional termasuk sosial dan ekonomi antara lain sumber daya manusia dan industri dalam negeri. TIK khususnya internet pitalebar merupakan salah satu kunci dalam pembangunan sosial ekonomi di suatu negara. Studi ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui sejauh mana dampak pemanfaatan internet pitalebar di Indonesia terhadap aspek sosial ekonomi masyarakat serta mengidentifikasi apakah langkah yang telah dilakukan pemerintah daerah dalam mendorong pemanfaatan internet pitalebar telah dilakukan secara optimal. Data yang diperoleh melalui penelitian dianalisis menggunakan metode Matthew B Miles dan A Michael Huberman, (2007). Hasil studi menunjukkan bahwa penggunaan internet pitalebar di Indonesia meningkat dengan signifikan dan memberikan dampak positif terhadap pertumbuhan sosial ekonomi masyarakat. Namun demikian pemanfaatan internet pitalebar tersebut belum dilakukan secara optimal terutama untuk tujuan yang bersifat produktif. Pemerintah daerah telah melakukan sejumlah langkah strategis untuk mendorong pemanfaatan internet pitalebar di Indonesia seperti penggelaran ducting untuk kabel serat optik, pelatihan bidang TIK, penyediaan akses internet WiFi di fasilitas publik. Namun, langkah yang dilakukan pemerintah daerah perlu lebih diintensifkan guna memperluas penetrasi internet pitalebar untuk peningkatan dan pemerataan pertumbuhan sosial dan ekonomi masyarakat Indonesia. PendahuluanTeknologi telekomunikasi terus mengalami perkembangan, mulai dari teknologi generasi pertama 1G hingga teknologi terbaru saat ini yakni teknologi generasi keempat 4G. Melalui teknologi 4G masyarakat cenderung berharap pada teknologi yang bisa digunakan kapan saja, dimana saja dan menggunakan perangkat yang beragam. Teknologi 4G (Fourth Generation) adalah kelanjutan dari teknologi telekomunikasi seluler generasi terdahulu. Sebelumnya masyarakat telah sangat mengenal teknologi 3G (Third Generation) yang dapat memfasilitasi tidak hanya layanan voice call dan sms tetapi juga layanan

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Broadband and Economic Development: A Municipal Case Study From Florida

Cited by 62 publications

References 24 publications

The Impact of Connectivity in Africa: Grand Visions and the Mirage of Inclusive Digital Development

The Impact of Connectivity in Africa: Grand Visions and the Mirage of Inclusive Digital Development

The Making of a Sustainable Wireless City? Mapping Public Wi-Fi Access in Shanghai

Dampak Sosial Ekonomi dan Peran Pemerintah Daerah dalam Perkembangan Teknologi Pitalebar di Indonesia [Social Economy Impact and Local Government Initiative relating to Broadband Technology Development in Indonesia]

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