info: Volume 15 Issue 3
Table of contents - Special Issue: New directions for telecommunications policy research in Latin America
Guest Editors: Hernan Galperin, Fernanda Viecens, Judith Mariscal
The Latin American path towards digitization
Raul L. Katz, Pantelis Koutroumpis, Fernando CallordaDigitization is defined as the social transformation triggered by the massive adoption of digital technologies to generate, process, share and transact information. This paper…
One goal, different strategies: an analysis of national broadband plans in Latin America
Hernan Galperin, Judith Mariscal, María Fernanda ViecensThe ambitious government initiatives currently underway to accelerate broadband development indicate a major shift from the consensus that prevailed during the 1990 s in the…
Independent regulators: theory, evidence and reform proposals
Francesc Trillas, Miguel A. MontoyaThe purpose of this paper is to discuss literature and empirical evidence on regulatory independence especially in telecommunications and to suggest reforms of this institution.
The demand for mobile services in Colombia and the impact of asymmetric mobile regulation
Agustin J. Ros, Douglas UmañaThe purpose of this paper is to assess the impact on mobile demand of an asymmetric regulation policy introduced in the year 2009 in Colombia. It aims to do this by estimating…