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Over the years, IDATE has become one of Europe’s foremost centres of market analysis and debate, specialised in the telecommunications, internet and media industry markets.
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Competition policies which are fostered by Bruxelles and the EU member states regarding the telecom sector have always been associated with the prospect of a single market for telecommunications within the European Union: What is today’s situation? Have we made the right choices? What are the remaining barriers? What is the new perspective of this issue in the Internet era? |
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The IDATE DigiWorld Yearbook has become an essential tool for digital professionals, providing a compact and accessible review of the main events of the past year, the latest data on the markets and market players, and the major trends on the world stage. This DigiWorld Yearbook 2011 delivers this with, as ever, the renowned insights of our experts at IDATE.
New! a chapter dedicated to the Latest Internet issues |
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The choice of video games as the central theme is justified by the growth of its various markets. It is no longer a marginal sector in terms of size, nor limited to only a niche population. It is expanding in several directions which are both enhancing it and intertwining it with a number of ICT markets (digital entertainment, Web services, mobile services, e-training, …) – and so helping to further spur the momentum.
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André Malraux said that "cinema is an art form, but it is also an industry". The duality of the cultural industries remains, but is becoming increasingly complex as the digitisation phenomenon undoes the need for physical media. We invite our readers who are especially familiar with the issues of network economics not to stop at the increasingly ambiguous border between the containers and the content, and to take full advantage of these contributions, while also enjoying the regular sections in the journal. |
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This dossier presents several papers offering an original view point on the various issues raised by Next Generation Networks. NGN is a term that is being increasingly used to describe the latest state-of-the-art networking platforms, which service providers are either developing or are using today. The industries have been riding the NGN wave, but at the same time have to square up some inescapable key issues, among them the evolution of the regulatory approaches, the adaptation of the business models, the effects on the competition patterns and the impact on the whole telecom industry. |
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This issue is devoted almost entirely to the topic of European frequency management policies. For some years now, managing this scarce resource has been the topic not only of lengthy debate but also the focus of works by economists and of considerable innovation in the arena of practical application. The editors have sought to gather original contributions that will provide industry and institutional leaders with food for thought. |
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The payment industry has effectively seen significant growth, in which the ICT sector has undoubtedly played a major part. The recent growth of electronic commerce in particular has led various market players to gradually introduce methods of payment that enhance transaction flow. This development has modified competition conditions in the payment industry insofar as traditional banks are facing growing competition from non-banking companies. This issue propose original contributions that promote discussion and analysis of the key questions facing this industry. |
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