Germany's broadband networks - innovation on hold

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Germany's broadband networks - innovation on hold

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Stefan Heng (Deutsche Bank)

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Stefan Heng

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The market for information and communication technologies is changing rapidly. Products and applications that used to be completely separate are becoming almost interchangeable. Sweeping change lies ahead in voice and data telephony: the fixed-line telephone network faces new competition from innovative technologies. In this report we concentrate on analysing the economic potential of TV-cable and powerline networks as internet-access media, and discuss the prospects for the communications market. Besides looking into the technological developments, we examine the market relevance of existing ownership and competitive structures.

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Paper provided by EconWPA in its series Law and Economics with number 0407003.

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Length: 10 pages
Date of creation: 28 Jul 2004
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O14 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
O33 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Technological Change - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes

This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:

NEP-ALL-2004-08-02 (All new papers)
NEP-INO-2004-08-02 (Innovation)
NEP-NET-2004-08-09 (Network Economics)

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