Broadband Strategies Handbook

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- Chapter 1. Building Broadband -- What Is Broadband? -- Why Is Broadband Important? -- What Market Trends Are Fostering Broadband Deployment? -- How Can Broadband Development Be Supported? -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2. Policy Approaches to Promoting Broadband Development -- The Public Sector's Evolving Role in Broadband -- How to Do It: Implementing Policies and Strategies to Enhance Broadband Development -- Financing Broadband Development -- Measurement, Monitoring, and Evaluation: Checking Progress -- Notes -- Refernces -- Chapter 3. Law and Regulation for a Broadband World -- Licensing and Authorization Frameworks -- Spectrum Management to Foster Broadband -- IP Based Interconnection -- Access to Infrastructure -- Opening Vertically Integrated Markets -- Network Neutrality -- Security in Cyberspace -- Privacy and Data Protection -- Regulation of Broadband Content -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4. Extending Universal Broadband Access and Use -- Universal Access Strategy and Broadband Development -- Mechanisms to Drive Universal Broadband Access -- Instruments of Fiscal Support for Universal Broadband Access -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5. Technologies to Support Deployment of Broadband Infrastructure -- Overview of Broadband Networks -- Basic Technologies for Broadband Connectivity -- International Connectivity -- Domestic Backbone -- Metropolitan Connectivity -- Local Connectivity -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6. Driving Demand for Broadband Networks and Services -- Awareness -- Affordability -- Attractiveness -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7. Global Footprints: Stories from and for the Developing World -- Broadband and Global Goals for Developing Countries -- Broadband Bottlenecks and Opportunities in Developing Regions -- Regional Developments -- Countries in Special Circumstances -- Broadband Experiences in Selected Countries -- Notes -- References -- Appendix A. Weblinks to National Broadband Plans -- Appendix B. Policies and Programs for Promoting Broadband in Developing Countries -- Index -- Boxes -- 1.1. Examples of Broadband's Effects on Economic Growth around the World -- 1.2. Examples of Broadband's Potential Impacts on Innovation in R&D and Business Operations -- 1.3. Mobile Health Services in Nigeria -- 1.4. User Trends That Promote Demand for Broadband -- 1.5. Capacity to Absorb Technology and the Economic Impact of Broadband Enabled ICTs: The Examples of Italy and Sweden -- 2.1. Public Sector's Role in Fostering Broadband Development: Key Lessons -- 2.2. Broadband Strategies in Middle-Income Countries -- 2.3. General Elements for Governments to Consider When Creating Policies and Strategies -- 2.4. Experience in the European Union with State Aid for Financing Broadband -- 2.5. Municipal Broadband Initiatives in Italy and the Netherlands -- 3.1. Summary of the Digital Television Transition and Digital Dividend Activities around the World -- 3.2. Challenges and Successes of Implementing an Internet Exchange Point in Kenya -- 3.3. Competition Analysis in the International Internet Connectivity Market in Nigeria -- 3.4. Computer Emergency Response Teams -- 4.1. Rural Broadband Connectivity in the Dominican Republic -- 4.2. Chile's Digital Connectivity Plan -- 4.3. Broadband Development in Remote and Underserved Locations: Lessons from Peru -- 4.4. Universal Service Subsidies in Mongolia.