This paper studies the dynamics of mobile telecommunications market in Pakistan. It draws on the emerging approach that views mobile telecom industry as a complex socio-technical system comprising both human and technological components. Three set of actors that make such system are studied in depth. These include Institutions, Providers and Users. It is argued that the development of a viable ...

Abstract We study the relationship between presence of politicians on mobile service operators’ boards and regulation telecommunication sector. In countries in which operators have deeper connections with local politicians, we find that rules promote competition less, even after control for country fixed effects a country’s level corruption. Rules are associated lower concentration prices. Ther...

We review the recent literature on mobile termination rates (MTR) in mobile communication networks (M2M). This literature shows that mobile networks may have incentives to charge ine¢ cient high termination charges leading to reduced surplus for consumers and society, and therefore should be regulated. We discuss optimal regulation of MTRs and the two main objectives behind current regulation: ...

The Future Communication Architecture for Mobile Cloud Services: Mobile Cloud Networking (MCN) is a EU FP7 Large-scale Integrating Project (IP) funded by the European Commission. MCN project was launched in November 2012 for the period of 36 month. In total top-tier 19 partners from industry and academia commit to jointly establish the vision of Mobile Cloud Networking, to develop a fully cloud...

With the rapid growth of the mobile phone industry in recent years, consumer habits in using mobile applications have changed significantly. Mobile clients have replaced desktop computers as primary internet access devices. However, mobile phones have limited battery life, low processing power, and limited storage capacities. As mobile devices are easily lost or damaged, better data management ...