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A study on the deployment of high-speed broadband networks in NUTS3 regions within the framework of digital agenda for Europe

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  • Feijóo, Claudio
  • Ramos, Sergio
  • Armuña, Cristina
  • Arenal, Alberto
  • Gómez-Barroso, José-Luis

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This paper investigates the high-speed broadband situation in the EU and its prospects. It uses a deployment model to estimate the investment required to meet the Digital Agenda for Europe (DAE) broadband targets set by the European Commission in its Europe 2020 strategy at different stages: as of 2016, after expected operators’ deployment, after public subsidies and leveraged investment, and as expected in 2020. The model uses data at the NUTS3 level, which is the most granular level that has data available on the status of broadband deployment, to arrive at a coherent and comparable framework. From the different perspectives on the investment to meet DAE targets, the paper concludes on the need for an appropriate combination of incumbent and alternative operators investments, public subsidies and leveraged investments, and new investments, both public and private and non-existing as of 2016, examining their feasibility and the impact of different regulatory, technical, and policy strategies.

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  • Feijóo, Claudio & Ramos, Sergio & Armuña, Cristina & Arenal, Alberto & Gómez-Barroso, José-Luis, 2018. "A study on the deployment of high-speed broadband networks in NUTS3 regions within the framework of digital agenda for Europe," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 42(9), pages 682-699.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:telpol:v:42:y:2018:i:9:p:682-699
    DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2017.11.001
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