Geographical gaps in the Portuguese broadband access. Rethinking the role of public funding after years of trade liberalisation

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Autor(a) principal: Nunes, Flávio
Data de Publicação: 2006
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/65212
Resumo: Digital information flows are influencing and interacting with real places in a very complex and dynamic way. The main objective of this article is to present a detailed study concerning Portugal, with the purpose of questioning the effective role of broadband Internet access in decreasing regional disparities or, to the contrary, as an unanticipated contribution to the aggravation of territorial inequalities. To answer this question, the paper will present selected cartographic analyses, showing the spatial extent of the most recent broadband technological solutions available in Portugal (DSL technology, coaxial cable, fibre-optic cable, WiFi access or 3G/UMTS technology). Market failures originating in pro-competitive policies between private operators may lead to a rethink of the role of public funding after years of trade liberalisation.
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title Geographical gaps in the Portuguese broadband access. Rethinking the role of public funding after years of trade liberalisation
spellingShingle Geographical gaps in the Portuguese broadband access. Rethinking the role of public funding after years of trade liberalisation
Nunes, Flávio
Broadband
Regional disparities
Competition
Portugal
Social Sciences
Science & Technology
title_short Geographical gaps in the Portuguese broadband access. Rethinking the role of public funding after years of trade liberalisation
title_full Geographical gaps in the Portuguese broadband access. Rethinking the role of public funding after years of trade liberalisation
title_fullStr Geographical gaps in the Portuguese broadband access. Rethinking the role of public funding after years of trade liberalisation
title_full_unstemmed Geographical gaps in the Portuguese broadband access. Rethinking the role of public funding after years of trade liberalisation
title_sort Geographical gaps in the Portuguese broadband access. Rethinking the role of public funding after years of trade liberalisation
author Nunes, Flávio
author_facet Nunes, Flávio
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade do Minho
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Nunes, Flávio
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Broadband
Regional disparities
Competition
Portugal
Social Sciences
Science & Technology
topic Broadband
Regional disparities
Competition
Portugal
Social Sciences
Science & Technology
description Digital information flows are influencing and interacting with real places in a very complex and dynamic way. The main objective of this article is to present a detailed study concerning Portugal, with the purpose of questioning the effective role of broadband Internet access in decreasing regional disparities or, to the contrary, as an unanticipated contribution to the aggravation of territorial inequalities. To answer this question, the paper will present selected cartographic analyses, showing the spatial extent of the most recent broadband technological solutions available in Portugal (DSL technology, coaxial cable, fibre-optic cable, WiFi access or 3G/UMTS technology). Market failures originating in pro-competitive policies between private operators may lead to a rethink of the role of public funding after years of trade liberalisation.
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