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Broadband Networks in the Middle East and North Africa : Accelerating High-Speed Internet Access.
Just as the steam engine was the driving force behind the Industrial Revolution, broadband Internet is today seen as critical to the transition to knowledge-intensive economies across the world. As a general purpose technology, broadband Internet is considered as a fundamental driver of economic gro...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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World Bank Publications,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Overview; Reference; Chapter 1 Introduction; Objective and Structure of the Study; Figures; Figure 1.1 Broadband Consumer Needs and Technology Options; Maps; Map 1.1 Economies in the MENA Region; Why Is Broadband Important for Economic and Social Development?; Tables; Table 1.1 Examples of Broadband Employment Multipliers; Figure 1.2 Percentage of Wikipedia Articles per Language; How Does MENA Compare in Terms of Broadband?; Table 1.2 Overview of Broadband in MENA; Notes; References.
- Chapter 2 National Broadband Policies and Market DevelopmentThe Need for Broadband Policies; Table 2.1 National Broadband Policies Within MENA, 2013; Boxes; Box 2.1 Egypt's National Broadband Plan; Box 2.2 Broadband Policy: Objectives and Implementation of the Digital Agenda for Europe; Table B2.2.1 National Broadband Plans' Coverage Targets in Selected EU Countries; Three Core Objectives of Broadband Policy and Three Stages of Market Development; Box 2.3 Broadband Diffusion Curve; Figure B2.3.1 The S-Curve; Figure B2.3.2 Penetration of Wireline Broadband Services in Various Countries.
- Figure 2.1 Fixed and Mobile Broadband PricesFigure 2.2 Mobile Broadband Penetration and Affordability, December 2012; Figure 2.3 Fixed Broadband Penetration and Affordability, December 2012; Box 2.4 Affordability of Broadband for the Poorest; Table B2.4.1 Affordability of Broadband in Emerging Markets; Figure 2.4 Importance of Policy Objectives Depends on the Stage of Broadband Market Development; Box 2.5 Ex-ante Sector-Specific Regulation in Telecommunications; Clustering Countries According to Their Level of Broadband Development.
- Figure 2.5 Fixed Broadband Penetration and Access Prices, December 2012Table 2.2 Penetration and Prices of Fixed and Mobile Broadband Access, December 2012; Figure 2.6 Fixed-to-Mobile Substitution in an Emerging Market (Arab Republic of Egypt) and a Mature Market (Bahrain), December 2012; Figure 2.7 Fixed-to-Mobile Substitution in Jordan, December 2012; Table 2.3 Market Share of Incumbent Operator in Selected Markets, December 2012; Figure 2.8 S-Curves of Fixed Broadband Market Development in Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar.
- Figure 2.9 Trends in Fixed Broadband Access Technologies in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, December 2012Figure 2.10 Mobile Broadband Penetration and Access Prices, December 2012; Figure 2.11 Take-up of Mobile Broadband in the Arab Republic of Egypt, Morocco, and Libya, December 2012; Table 2.4 Distribution of MENA Countries Among Three Development Stages; Table 2.5 Penetration Rates and Prices of Mobile Broadband Access, December 2012; References; Table 2.6 Clustering of MENA Countries in Terms of Broadband Market Development.