SLIDE 14 (Koutroumpis,2009) (Koutroumpis,2009) Reference Model Reference Model
K t
t :
: Stock of telecommunications investment.
Stock of telecommunications investment.
LF t
t :
: Labor force. Population between 15 and 64 years old.
Labor force. Population between 15 and 64 years old.
PENt
t : Broadband penetration. Number of broadband accesses per
: Broadband penetration. Number of broadband accesses per 100 inhabitants. . 100 inhabitants. .
BB_PRICE : : Average price of a 1Mbps broadband connection.
Average price of a 1Mbps broadband connection.
BB_PRICEt
t :
: Average price of a 1Mbps broadband connection.
Average price of a 1Mbps broadband connection.
EDUt
t and
and R&D R&Dt
t :
: Percentage of the GDP spent annually on
Percentage of the GDP spent annually on education and research and development. . education and research and development. .
URBt
t :
: Percentage of the population living in areas with
Percentage of the population living in areas with demographic density ≥ 500 demographic density ≥ 500 inhab inhab./km ./km2
2.
.
BBIt
t :
: Broadband annual investment. .
Broadband annual investment. .
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BBIt
t :
: Broadband annual investment. .
Broadband annual investment. .
COMPETITION_TECHt
t :
: Herfindahl
Herfindahl-
- Hirschman index, HIRSCHMAN
Hirschman index, HIRSCHMAN (1964), for the competition among broadband technologies as DSL, (1964), for the competition among broadband technologies as DSL, WiFi WiFi, , WiMAX WiMAX, fiber optics, 3G cellular and others , fiber optics, 3G cellular and others
REGULATIOnt
t :
: Percentage of broadband accesses offered through
Percentage of broadband accesses offered through unbundling unbundling