An empirical analysis of fixed and mobile broadband diffusion

Broadband communications lie at the heart of the developing information society. Employing a logistic diffusion model, we analyze the factors that influence the diffusion of fixed and mobile broadband. For fixed broadband diffusion, we find that local loop unbundling, income, population density, education, and price are significant factors of fixed broadband diffusion. For mobile broadband, multiple standardization policy and population density are the main factors of the initial diffusion of mobile broadband services. The results of the mobile broadband model also suggest that in many OECD countries, mobile broadband service is a complement to fixed broadband service in the initial deployment of broadband.