Broadband Strategies Handbook
The handbook consists of seven chapters and two appendixes that look at how broadband is defined, why it is important, and how its development can be encouraged. Throughout the handbook, broadband is viewed as an ecosystem consisting of supply and...
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| Format: | Publications & Research |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC: World Bank
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/03/15966650/broadband-strategies-handbook-broadband-strategies-handbook http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6009 |
| Summary: | The handbook consists of seven chapters
and two appendixes that look at how broadband is defined,
why it is important, and how its development can be
encouraged. Throughout the handbook, broadband is viewed as
an ecosystem consisting of supply and demand components,
both of which are equally important if the expansion of
broadband networks and services is to be successful. In
addressing the challenges and opportunities to which
broadband gives rise, the handbook discusses the policies
and strategies that government officials and others should
consider when developing broadband plans, including what
legal and regulatory issues to address, what broadband
technologies to choose, how to facilitate universal
broadband access, and how to generate demand for broadband
services and applications. Chapter one, 'building
broadband,' introduces the concepts of broadband by
defining the term 'broadband' more conventionally
(that is, speed or functionality) as well as explaining how
this handbook seeks to define the term as broadband comes to
be seen as an enabling platform. Chapter two, 'policy
approaches to promoting broadband development,'
identifies the issues that governments and the private
sector will face when developing policies and programs to
support broadband development. Chapter three, 'law and
regulation in a broadband world,' discusses the key
policies and regulatory trends that policy makers and
regulators are considering to foster broadband. Chapter
four, 'extending universal broadband access and
use,' discusses what roles governments should play in
promoting universal broadband access when market mechanisms
do not meet goals for broadband access and use on their own.
Chapter five, 'technologies to support deployment of
broadband infrastructure,' focuses on the supply side
of the broadband ecosystem. It describes the various
wireline and wireless technologies now being used to build
out broadband infrastructure, including examples of
broadband deployments throughout the world. Chapter six,
'driving demand for broadband networks and
services,' recognizes that, although supply-side issues
are important, simply building networks do not guarantee
that they will be used or used most effectively. Chapter
seven, 'global footprints: stories from and for the
developing world,' addresses the main challenges that
developing countries face in deploying broadband networks,
including underdeveloped infrastructure, low income,
significant differences between rural and urban areas,
constrained inter- and intra-modal competition, and
weaknesses in regulatory and legal frameworks. |
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