Local government broadband policies for areas with limited Internet access
Despite their wide diffusion in developed countries, broadband services are still limited in areas where providing them is not profitable for private telecom carriers. To address this, many local governments in Japan have implemented broadband deployment projects subsidized by the national governmen...
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| description | Despite their wide diffusion in developed countries, broadband services are still limited in areas where providing them is not profitable for private telecom carriers. To address this, many local governments in Japan have implemented broadband deployment projects subsidized by the national government. In this paper, we discuss local government broadband policies based on survey data collected from municipalities throughout the country. With the support of national promotion policies, broadband services were rapidly introduced to most local municipalities in Japan during the 2000s. Local government deployment policies helped to reduce the number of areas with no broadband access. A business model based on the Indefeasible Right of Use (IRU) contract between a private telecom carrier and a local government has been developed in recent years. Even local governments without the technical capacity to operate a broadband business can introduce broadband services into their territory using the IRU business model. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-040c1ba549604a849c8ff0d5905fbc3c2025-01-30T11:00:38ZengNetcom AssociationNetcom0987-60142431-210X2012-10-012625127410.4000/netcom.1091Local government broadband policies for areas with limited Internet accessYoshio AraiSae NaganumaYasukazu SatakeDespite their wide diffusion in developed countries, broadband services are still limited in areas where providing them is not profitable for private telecom carriers. To address this, many local governments in Japan have implemented broadband deployment projects subsidized by the national government. In this paper, we discuss local government broadband policies based on survey data collected from municipalities throughout the country. With the support of national promotion policies, broadband services were rapidly introduced to most local municipalities in Japan during the 2000s. Local government deployment policies helped to reduce the number of areas with no broadband access. A business model based on the Indefeasible Right of Use (IRU) contract between a private telecom carrier and a local government has been developed in recent years. Even local governments without the technical capacity to operate a broadband business can introduce broadband services into their territory using the IRU business model.https://journals.openedition.org/netcom/1091InternetbroadbandJapandigital divideless favored regionlocal government |
| spellingShingle | Yoshio Arai Sae Naganuma Yasukazu Satake Local government broadband policies for areas with limited Internet access Netcom Internet broadband Japan digital divide less favored region local government |
| title | Local government broadband policies for areas with limited Internet access |
| title_full | Local government broadband policies for areas with limited Internet access |
| title_fullStr | Local government broadband policies for areas with limited Internet access |
| title_full_unstemmed | Local government broadband policies for areas with limited Internet access |
| title_short | Local government broadband policies for areas with limited Internet access |
| title_sort | local government broadband policies for areas with limited internet access |
| topic | Internet broadband Japan digital divide less favored region local government |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/netcom/1091 |
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