Autore	Ida Takanori <1965->
Edizione	[1 ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2009
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (307 p.)
Disciplina	384.3/30952 384.330952
Collana	Routledge studies in global competition
Soggetto topico	Communication and traffic - Japan Broadband communication systems - Japan
ISBN	9786611786748 9781134028382 1134028385 9781134028399 1134028393 9781281786746 1281786748 9780203891506 0203891503
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front Cover; Broadband Economics; Copyright Page; Contents; Abbreviations; List of figures and tables; Introduction; 1. Competition policy in the broadband era; Dilemma of competition policy; The year 2010: Respective visions of NTT and the MIC; Moving toward the future of broadband in Japan; Conclusions; Appendix to chapter 1; Part I: Broadband economics basics and analytical tools; 2. Broadband in Japan: Current situation and issues; Current state of broadband in Japan; Competition policy paradigm shift; Why Japan's broadband deployment succeeded; Conclusions 3. Network economics: Theory and policyFrom regulation to competition; Bottleneck monopoly; Network externalities; Industrial convergence and the complexity of network economy; Conclusions; 4. Discrete choice analysis: Methodology and case studies; Random utility theory; Conditional logit model; Nested logit (NL) model; Mixed logit (ML) model; RP and SP data; Conjoint analysis; Conclusion; Part II: The current status of Japan's broadband; 5. Fixed-line broadband: From ADSL to FTTH; Analysis of fixed-line broadband supply; Demand analysis of fixed-line broadband Discrete choice model analysis of broadband (revealed preference method)Discrete choice model analysis of broadband (stated preference method); Policy issues for fixed-line broadband; Conclusions; 6. IP telephony: Inception to widespread deployment; IP telephony supply analysis; IP telephony demand analysis; Conjoint analysis of demand for IP telephony; IP telephony policy issues; Conclusion; 7. Mobile telephony: From voice to data services; Mobile telephony supply analysis; Mobile telephony demand analysis; Econometric analysis of demand for mobile telephone; Mobile phone policy issues ConclusionPart III: The future of Japan's broadband; 8. Fiber to the home: Migration and lock-in; Current status of broadband migration; Econometric analysis of FTTH migration; Econometric analysis of lock-in effects; Conclusion; 9. The future of fixed-mobile convergence; Fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) service; Survey method and data; Estimation models; Lock-in effects from broadband to mobile phone services; Lock-in effects from mobile phone to broadband services; Impacts of lock-in effects between broadband and mobile phone services; Conclusion; 10. The digital divide: Closing the gap What is digital divide?Japan's digital divide; FTTH usage in Yawata and Tokyo; Econometric analysis of usage-based digital divide; Conclusions; Notes; References; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910831890303321

Edizione	[2nd ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Petaluma, Calif., : World Trade Press, c1993-2010 [2010]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (35 p.)
Disciplina	304.66
Soggetto topico	Communication - Japan Communication and traffic - Japan Telecommunication - Japan Mobile communication systems - Japan
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-60780-545-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910458139303321