Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; List of figures and tables; Introduction; 1 Competition policy in the broadband era; Appendix to Chapter 1 Critical market share of vertically integrated firms; Part I Broadband economics basics and analytical tools; 2 Broadband in Japan: Current situation and issues; 3 Network economics: Theory and policy; 4 Discrete choice analysis: Methodology and case studies; Part II The current status of Japan's broadband; 5 Fixed-line broadband: From ADSL to FTTH; 6 IP telephony: Inception to widespread deployment
7 Mobile telephony: From voice to data servicesPart III The future of Japan's broadband; 8 Fiber to the home: Migration and lock-in; 9 The future of fixed-mobile convergence; 10 The digital divide: Closing the gap; Notes; References; Index
Summary
In this book Takanori Ida introduces the current status of the Japanese broadband services and the recent developments in competition policy and in doing so has developed an econometric model to analyse access demand
