Management of Broadband Technology and Innovation : Policy, Deployment, and Use (Hardcover)

1. Introduction  Jyoti Choudrie and Catherine Middleton  Part I: Basics of Broadband  2. Patchwork Network: Spectrum Politics, the Digital Home and Installation of the Australian National Broadband Network Michael Arnold, Thomas Apperley, Bjorn Nansen, Rowan Wilken, and Martin Gibbs  3. Exploring the Development of Broadband Internet in the Kingdom of Bahrain: A Case Study Mohame Baqer  4. Lessons learnt from South Korea’s LTE Broadband Development: A Descriptive Case Study Jyoti Choudrie  Part II: Broadband Access and Adoption  5. The Australian National Broadband Network: Perceptions of Regional Business Managers Aileen Cater-Steel, Wui-Gee Tan, Peter Mc Leod, and Michael Thompson  6. Evidence on Bridging the Divide: Public Plans Impact on Reducing the Digital Divide in Rural Areas Jose Maria Castellano  7. Digital Inclusion and Connectivity of Minority Communities: The Case of Communities of Disabled People Panayiota Tsatsou, Gary Higgs, Ian Stafford, Richard Fry, and Robert Berry  Part III: Uses of Broadband  8. Using Broadband to Support Youth Mental Health  Reeva Lederman, Greg Wadley, John Gleeson, and Mario Alvarez-Jimenez  9. Australia’s National Broadband Network as an Enabling Platform for Innovation in Health Applications and Services: A Genealogy  Adam Lodders  10. The National Broadband Network in Australia and the Ultra-Fast Broadband Network in New Zealand: Analysing the Political and Technical Aspects  Fernando Beltran  11. The Power of Metaphor for Understanding and Experiencing Broadband: An Investigation of Policy Planner Discussions of the Alberta Supernet  Amanda Williams  Part IV: Broadband Policy and Strategies for Network Deployment  12. Exploring the Impact of Relationship and Value Perceptions on the Adoption of Mobile Broadband Services Sherah Kurnia and Yousuf S. AlHinai  13. Exploring the Relevance and Potential of Mobile Banking for Australian Rural Areas Sherah Kurnia and Akshat Khatri  14. Broadband Utilization in the Indian States: Socio-Economic Correlates and Geographic Aspects James B. Pick, Tetsushi Nishida and Avijit Sarkar  15. Understanding the Impact of Policy, Regulation and Governance on Broadband Diffusion in the Developed and Developing Worlds Girish J. "Jeff" Gulati and David J. Yates