“It’s the services, stupid!”: Identifying killer applications for next-generation networks

Evens, Tom; Seys, Constantijn; Boudry, Elke; Vlieger, Lynn De; Verdegem, Pieter; Marez, Lieven De

doi:10.1016/j.tele.2012.03.009

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“…This implies that the recovery of NGA investments will be problematic for operators, so they should offer not only NGA technologies with higher speeds, but also stimulate the provision of new high-speed applications and services. Health monitoring, online content storage and management services, and desktop sharing were identified as applications with the greatest potential in the short term that could stimulate users to switch over to the NGA networks (Evens, Seys, Boudry, De Vlieger, Verdegem, & De Marez, 2013).…”

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“…On the other hand, the results of a study by Srinuan et al (2012) for Swedish broadband users show that price, housing mode and age are important determinants of the broadband access mode. Evens (2011) focuses solely on the demand side for fibre networks in Flanders (Belgium). He finds low market potential for fibre, which implies that massive adoption is unlikely to occur in the next few years.…”

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Are Internet users in Slovenia willing to pay for fast broadband and what drives them to migrate?

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2019

Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja

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The European Union (EU) member states are faced with a significant gap between availability of high-speed broadband and the share of households subscribed to such Internet access. This paper investigates the determinants of Internet users' willingness to pay (WTP) for next-generation access (NGA) in Slovenia. Following the EU Digital Agenda target whereby all households should have Internet access of at least 30 Mbps by 2020, the WTP for an Internet speed of 30 Mbps is analysed. The results show that characteristics relating to the current use of Internet services and characteristics of Internet users both play an important role in explaining the WTP for NGA In particular, the presence of a student or pupil in the household, household income, subscription to mobile broadband and the quality of Internet services positively influence the WTP decision, while respondents that are employed or are already subscribed to fibre have lower WTP The results of our analysis may help Internet service providers and policymakers identify remedies which can reduce the demand gap for NGA networks.

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confidence: 99%