info: Volume 18 Issue 3

The Free Basics (of Facebook) debate in India

Hanuman Chowdary Tripuraneni

This paper aims to dispel and rebut an ideology inspired onslaught on Facebook’s offering of Free Basics, an Internet service described as free to enable the poor to get on to the…

India – The evolution and corruption of licensing

Ewan Sutherland

This paper aims to review the licensing in India, including the development of universal licences and of the now infamous 2G spectrum scam.

An analysis of the recent restructuring of network assets by the largest international mobile operators

Peter Curwen, Jason Whalley

This paper aims to examine the extent to which the largest international mobile operators are restructuring their network assets to adapt to a rapidly changing environment.

The effects of network neutrality on the incentive to discriminate, invest, and innovate: a literature review

Daeho Lee, Dong-Hee Shin

The purpose of this study is to categorize network neutrality according to its issues under debate and assess the state of the debate based on such organization. In addition, the…

How important is mobile telephony for economic growth? Evidence from MENA countries

Saibal Ghosh

The explosion of mobile telephony in recent times has led to the emergence of a significant volume of literature. One area that has been relatively under-researched has been the…

4G or not 4G – a progress report: A regular column on the information industries

Peter Curwen