This paper focuses on facilitating state-of-the-art applications of big data analytics(BDA) architectures and infrastructures to telecommunications(telecom) industrial sector.Telecom companies are dealing with terabyt...This paper focuses on facilitating state-of-the-art applications of big data analytics(BDA) architectures and infrastructures to telecommunications(telecom) industrial sector.Telecom companies are dealing with terabytes to petabytes of data on a daily basis. Io T applications in telecom are further contributing to this data deluge. Recent advances in BDA have exposed new opportunities to get actionable insights from telecom big data. These benefits and the fast-changing BDA technology landscape make it important to investigate existing BDA applications to telecom sector. For this, we initially determine published research on BDA applications to telecom through a systematic literature review through which we filter 38 articles and categorize them in frameworks, use cases, literature reviews, white papers and experimental validations. We also discuss the benefits and challenges mentioned in these articles. We find that experiments are all proof of concepts(POC) on a severely limited BDA technology stack(as compared to the available technology stack), i.e.,we did not find any work focusing on full-fledged BDA implementation in an operational telecom environment. To facilitate these applications at research-level, we propose a state-of-the-art lambda architecture for BDA pipeline implementation(called Lambda Tel) based completely on open source BDA technologies and the standard Python language, along with relevant guidelines.We discovered only one research paper which presented a relatively-limited lambda architecture using the proprietary AWS cloud infrastructure. We believe Lambda Tel presents a clear roadmap for telecom industry practitioners to implement and enhance BDA applications in their enterprises.展开更多
The telecommunications industry has been undergoing tremendous technological changes, and owning to continuous technological advancement, it has maintained sustained prosperity and development. In this paper, the inte...The telecommunications industry has been undergoing tremendous technological changes, and owning to continuous technological advancement, it has maintained sustained prosperity and development. In this paper, the interplay between technology, market and government in telecommunications is discussed briefly, and then we introduce technology and government into the traditional SCP(Structure – Conduct – Performance) paradigm to develop an industry analysis framework called TGM(SCP)(Technology – Government – Market(Structure – Conduct – Performance)). Based on this framework, we present the spiral coevolution model which elaborates on the interaction mechanism of technological innovation with government regulation and market dynamics from the perspective of industry evolution. Our study indicates that the development of the telecommunications industry is the result of the coevolution of technology, government regulation and market forces, and among the three actors, technology is the fundamental driving force. Relative to the "invisible hand"(market) and "visible hand"(government), we conceptualize technology as the "third hand", which fundamentally drives the development of telecommunications industry in coordination with the other two hands. We also provide several policy implications regarding these findings.展开更多
The worldwide strategy for the development of telecommunications has been the opening of the telecom sector to competition and private investment.This paper focuses on telecommunications reforms and its outcomes in Pa...The worldwide strategy for the development of telecommunications has been the opening of the telecom sector to competition and private investment.This paper focuses on telecommunications reforms and its outcomes in Pakistan and discusses some lessons and suggestions for China who is still in the process of formulating telecom law.After liberalization and deregulation,telecom industry in Pakistan is tremendously growing and is in a transition phase from the monopoly to the competition.Government policies and independent regulator is playing critical role in this growth.This paper suggests that speed up formulation of Telecom Law,establishment of independent regulatory and antitrust agencies are need of time for the China telecom industry.Further,China will have to give special attention to accommodate convergence in its coming model of telecommunications reforms.展开更多
Information and communications technology is apillar industry in India and Ireland,playing an increasinglyimportant role in promoting the economicand social development.Full market competitionpromotes the rapid develo...Information and communications technology is apillar industry in India and Ireland,playing an increasinglyimportant role in promoting the economicand social development.Full market competitionpromotes the rapid development of the telecommunicationsindustry.Effective market regulation andconstant legal system improvement can promote thesmooth development of the telecommunicationsindustry.Use of new technology promotes a sustainabledevelopment of the telecommunicationsindustry.It is proposed that the pace of telecommunicationslegislation in China should be furtherquickened,telecommunications market structureoptimized,and telecommunications regulationstrengthened.展开更多
＂Without an appropriate research setting, a study cannot be qualified as a reasonable piece＂, this notion is manifested in the methodological polices. In this research, we attempt to examine previous studies within ...＂Without an appropriate research setting, a study cannot be qualified as a reasonable piece＂, this notion is manifested in the methodological polices. In this research, we attempt to examine previous studies within the scope of technology evolution and market perception in telecommunication industry through extracting research structures, methodologies, corresponding variables, and processing methods. A general process of social scientific research is adopted to analyze eighty-four selected papers; and simultaneously, the framework for doing this analysis is established, as well. In this manner, we inspect the subjects and the issues in these papers according to product types, academic domains, and divisions of technological evolution （from 1G to 4G）. Then, their research designs are anatomized into the key dimensions of general research conventions. This research eventually provides an entire picture of a research scenario for mobile telecommunication industry; and apparently, this framewbrk can help scholars to establish specific tendencies for academic scenarios in future research plans. Also, we propose the main streams and emerging issues can be expected to engage in the future within both theacademic and the operational fields.展开更多
A model is proposed along with empirical investigation to prove the existence of network effects in China’s mobile telecommunications market. Futhernore, network effects on China’s mobile telecommunications are esti...A model is proposed along with empirical investigation to prove the existence of network effects in China’s mobile telecommunications market. Futhernore, network effects on China’s mobile telecommunications are estimated with a dynamic model. The structural parameters are identified from regression coefficients and the results are analyzed and compared with another literature. Data and estimation issues are also discussed. Conclusions are drawn that network effects are significant in China’s mobile telecommunications market, and that ignoring network effects leads to bad policy making.展开更多
This paper investigates the incentives of invest in improving quality （as opposed to investments in new activities） in the telecommunications industry, based on the example of wireless markets. What is the impact of...This paper investigates the incentives of invest in improving quality （as opposed to investments in new activities） in the telecommunications industry, based on the example of wireless markets. What is the impact of competition on incentives to invest, and on capacities to invest？ What is the role of the rate of penetration and technical progress？ This paper highlights the fact that investment incentives are positively related to potential for technical progress. Investment incentives also depend on market structure, competition intensity, and penetration rate, but not monotonically. This paper consists of a theoretical part which, under assumptions of full market coverage and market share symmetry, shows that for each national market, there is a target level of investment which companies strive to achieve but had not exceeded, and an empirical part that confirms the findings of the theoretical part and explains the differences with the theoretical part by relaxing the assumptions of full coverage and market share symmetry. This target level on the one hand depends on the potential for technical progress and on the other hand, depends on the rate of penetration. From a social perspective, this target level is the best amount that companies are encouraged to invest. Non-achievement of the target level entails underinvestment and a decrease in consumer surplus and welfare and may slow down technical progress. A data set covering 30 countries over a period of eight years is used to empirically prove the existence of a change in investment behavior depending on whether or not the target level is achieved. A low margin per user may hamper achievement of the target level. As a result, maximum consumer surplus and welfare occur under imperfect competition but not under perfect competition.展开更多
Russian telecommunications market develops rapidly in recent years.Currently,the number of Russian telephone users has achieved 195 million,which is 5.5 times of that of 2000;telephone penetration rate has reached 137...Russian telecommunications market develops rapidly in recent years.Currently,the number of Russian telephone users has achieved 195 million,which is 5.5 times of that of 2000;telephone penetration rate has reached 137%.The achievements of Russian telecommunications industry rely on the recovery of Russian economy,and link closely with the reforms in telecommunications sector.展开更多
As one crossing the Nanpu Bridgeinto the middle part of the Pudongnew area,a cluster of modern buildingscomes into view.Here is the exportprocessing zone of Shanghai Jingqiao.Founded in Sept.1990,the zone wasthe first...As one crossing the Nanpu Bridgeinto the middle part of the Pudongnew area,a cluster of modern buildingscomes into view.Here is the exportprocessing zone of Shanghai Jingqiao.Founded in Sept.1990,the zone wasthe first key development zoneapproved by the State focusing onexports processing.It covers 19 squarekilometres with about 15 squarekilometres for industry use and theother four square kilometres foradministration and domestic use.Bythe end of July 1995,it had introduced269 projects with 171 underconstruction and 94 in operation,involving a total US＄3.52 billion ininvestment,with an averageinvestment of US＄13 million for eachproject.In 1994,the zone witnessedgross industrial output value of RMB5.4billion.The figure is estimated to haveexceeded RMB10 billion in 1995.展开更多
In 1994, the handling capacity and business volume of China’s posts and telecommunications fulfilled the target of the Eighth Five-Year Plan (1991-1995) a year ahead of schedule and that of quadrupling the business v...In 1994, the handling capacity and business volume of China’s posts and telecommunications fulfilled the target of the Eighth Five-Year Plan (1991-1995) a year ahead of schedule and that of quadrupling the business volume during the period of 1980-2000 six years in advance. 1. The comprehensive communications capacity further enhanced with the construction of the telecommunication mains transmission network mainly composed of optical fibre cables is now in place. Seven展开更多
In the 1990s the demand fortelecommunications in China is increasingrapidly.In order to break down themonopoly,introduce competition and makemodern telecommunications available toordinary households,the state departme...In the 1990s the demand fortelecommunications in China is increasingrapidly.In order to break down themonopoly,introduce competition and makemodern telecommunications available toordinary households,the state departmentsconcerned approved the Ministry ofElectronics Industry,the Ministry of PowerIndustry and the Ministry of Railways toestablish the China UnitedTelecommunications Co.Ltd.(CUTC)展开更多
In February 1993, a contract was signed for the establishment of the joint venture Shanghai Siemens Mobile Telecommunications Co. Ltd. in Pudong’s Jinqiao export processing area. The signatories were the Shanghai Cha...In February 1993, a contract was signed for the establishment of the joint venture Shanghai Siemens Mobile Telecommunications Co. Ltd. in Pudong’s Jinqiao export processing area. The signatories were the Shanghai Changjiang Telecommunications Equipment (Group) Corporation and the Shanghai Posts and Telecommunications Administration Bureau, the First Institute of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications,展开更多
This paper discusses the evolution of telecommunication industrial value chain （TIVC）, analyzes the influence of technical innovation and customer demand on TIVC, and establishes the model. The appearance of the cir...This paper discusses the evolution of telecommunication industrial value chain （TIVC）, analyzes the influence of technical innovation and customer demand on TIVC, and establishes the model. The appearance of the circuit switching technology and packet switching technology together with the diversity of the demand of customers change the structure of TIVC, causing vibration in value creation and distribution systems. With changes of the TIVC, enterprises in the chain will accordingly alter their business models, products （services） and the internal organizational structures. All these changes will lead to the reconstruction and optimization of the TIVC, and consequently, promote the development of the telecommunication industry.展开更多
基金supported in part by the Big Data Analytics Laboratory(BDALAB)at the Institute of Business Administration under the research grant approved by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan(www.hec.gov.pk)the Darbi company(www.darbi.io)
文摘This paper focuses on facilitating state-of-the-art applications of big data analytics(BDA) architectures and infrastructures to telecommunications(telecom) industrial sector.Telecom companies are dealing with terabytes to petabytes of data on a daily basis. Io T applications in telecom are further contributing to this data deluge. Recent advances in BDA have exposed new opportunities to get actionable insights from telecom big data. These benefits and the fast-changing BDA technology landscape make it important to investigate existing BDA applications to telecom sector. For this, we initially determine published research on BDA applications to telecom through a systematic literature review through which we filter 38 articles and categorize them in frameworks, use cases, literature reviews, white papers and experimental validations. We also discuss the benefits and challenges mentioned in these articles. We find that experiments are all proof of concepts(POC) on a severely limited BDA technology stack(as compared to the available technology stack), i.e.,we did not find any work focusing on full-fledged BDA implementation in an operational telecom environment. To facilitate these applications at research-level, we propose a state-of-the-art lambda architecture for BDA pipeline implementation(called Lambda Tel) based completely on open source BDA technologies and the standard Python language, along with relevant guidelines.We discovered only one research paper which presented a relatively-limited lambda architecture using the proprietary AWS cloud infrastructure. We believe Lambda Tel presents a clear roadmap for telecom industry practitioners to implement and enhance BDA applications in their enterprises.
基金supported by Major Program of the National Social Science Foundation of China under Grant No.15ZDB154National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) under Grant No. 2012CB315805
文摘The telecommunications industry has been undergoing tremendous technological changes, and owning to continuous technological advancement, it has maintained sustained prosperity and development. In this paper, the interplay between technology, market and government in telecommunications is discussed briefly, and then we introduce technology and government into the traditional SCP(Structure – Conduct – Performance) paradigm to develop an industry analysis framework called TGM(SCP)(Technology – Government – Market(Structure – Conduct – Performance)). Based on this framework, we present the spiral coevolution model which elaborates on the interaction mechanism of technological innovation with government regulation and market dynamics from the perspective of industry evolution. Our study indicates that the development of the telecommunications industry is the result of the coevolution of technology, government regulation and market forces, and among the three actors, technology is the fundamental driving force. Relative to the "invisible hand"(market) and "visible hand"(government), we conceptualize technology as the "third hand", which fundamentally drives the development of telecommunications industry in coordination with the other two hands. We also provide several policy implications regarding these findings.
文摘The worldwide strategy for the development of telecommunications has been the opening of the telecom sector to competition and private investment.This paper focuses on telecommunications reforms and its outcomes in Pakistan and discusses some lessons and suggestions for China who is still in the process of formulating telecom law.After liberalization and deregulation,telecom industry in Pakistan is tremendously growing and is in a transition phase from the monopoly to the competition.Government policies and independent regulator is playing critical role in this growth.This paper suggests that speed up formulation of Telecom Law,establishment of independent regulatory and antitrust agencies are need of time for the China telecom industry.Further,China will have to give special attention to accommodate convergence in its coming model of telecommunications reforms.
文摘Information and communications technology is apillar industry in India and Ireland,playing an increasinglyimportant role in promoting the economicand social development.Full market competitionpromotes the rapid development of the telecommunicationsindustry.Effective market regulation andconstant legal system improvement can promote thesmooth development of the telecommunicationsindustry.Use of new technology promotes a sustainabledevelopment of the telecommunicationsindustry.It is proposed that the pace of telecommunicationslegislation in China should be furtherquickened,telecommunications market structureoptimized,and telecommunications regulationstrengthened.
文摘＂Without an appropriate research setting, a study cannot be qualified as a reasonable piece＂, this notion is manifested in the methodological polices. In this research, we attempt to examine previous studies within the scope of technology evolution and market perception in telecommunication industry through extracting research structures, methodologies, corresponding variables, and processing methods. A general process of social scientific research is adopted to analyze eighty-four selected papers; and simultaneously, the framework for doing this analysis is established, as well. In this manner, we inspect the subjects and the issues in these papers according to product types, academic domains, and divisions of technological evolution （from 1G to 4G）. Then, their research designs are anatomized into the key dimensions of general research conventions. This research eventually provides an entire picture of a research scenario for mobile telecommunication industry; and apparently, this framewbrk can help scholars to establish specific tendencies for academic scenarios in future research plans. Also, we propose the main streams and emerging issues can be expected to engage in the future within both theacademic and the operational fields.
文摘A model is proposed along with empirical investigation to prove the existence of network effects in China’s mobile telecommunications market. Futhernore, network effects on China’s mobile telecommunications are estimated with a dynamic model. The structural parameters are identified from regression coefficients and the results are analyzed and compared with another literature. Data and estimation issues are also discussed. Conclusions are drawn that network effects are significant in China’s mobile telecommunications market, and that ignoring network effects leads to bad policy making.
文摘This paper investigates the incentives of invest in improving quality （as opposed to investments in new activities） in the telecommunications industry, based on the example of wireless markets. What is the impact of competition on incentives to invest, and on capacities to invest？ What is the role of the rate of penetration and technical progress？ This paper highlights the fact that investment incentives are positively related to potential for technical progress. Investment incentives also depend on market structure, competition intensity, and penetration rate, but not monotonically. This paper consists of a theoretical part which, under assumptions of full market coverage and market share symmetry, shows that for each national market, there is a target level of investment which companies strive to achieve but had not exceeded, and an empirical part that confirms the findings of the theoretical part and explains the differences with the theoretical part by relaxing the assumptions of full coverage and market share symmetry. This target level on the one hand depends on the potential for technical progress and on the other hand, depends on the rate of penetration. From a social perspective, this target level is the best amount that companies are encouraged to invest. Non-achievement of the target level entails underinvestment and a decrease in consumer surplus and welfare and may slow down technical progress. A data set covering 30 countries over a period of eight years is used to empirically prove the existence of a change in investment behavior depending on whether or not the target level is achieved. A low margin per user may hamper achievement of the target level. As a result, maximum consumer surplus and welfare occur under imperfect competition but not under perfect competition.
文摘Russian telecommunications market develops rapidly in recent years.Currently,the number of Russian telephone users has achieved 195 million,which is 5.5 times of that of 2000;telephone penetration rate has reached 137%.The achievements of Russian telecommunications industry rely on the recovery of Russian economy,and link closely with the reforms in telecommunications sector.
文摘As one crossing the Nanpu Bridgeinto the middle part of the Pudongnew area,a cluster of modern buildingscomes into view.Here is the exportprocessing zone of Shanghai Jingqiao.Founded in Sept.1990,the zone wasthe first key development zoneapproved by the State focusing onexports processing.It covers 19 squarekilometres with about 15 squarekilometres for industry use and theother four square kilometres foradministration and domestic use.Bythe end of July 1995,it had introduced269 projects with 171 underconstruction and 94 in operation,involving a total US＄3.52 billion ininvestment,with an averageinvestment of US＄13 million for eachproject.In 1994,the zone witnessedgross industrial output value of RMB5.4billion.The figure is estimated to haveexceeded RMB10 billion in 1995.
文摘In 1994, the handling capacity and business volume of China’s posts and telecommunications fulfilled the target of the Eighth Five-Year Plan (1991-1995) a year ahead of schedule and that of quadrupling the business volume during the period of 1980-2000 six years in advance. 1. The comprehensive communications capacity further enhanced with the construction of the telecommunication mains transmission network mainly composed of optical fibre cables is now in place. Seven
文摘In the 1990s the demand fortelecommunications in China is increasingrapidly.In order to break down themonopoly,introduce competition and makemodern telecommunications available toordinary households,the state departmentsconcerned approved the Ministry ofElectronics Industry,the Ministry of PowerIndustry and the Ministry of Railways toestablish the China UnitedTelecommunications Co.Ltd.(CUTC)
文摘In February 1993, a contract was signed for the establishment of the joint venture Shanghai Siemens Mobile Telecommunications Co. Ltd. in Pudong’s Jinqiao export processing area. The signatories were the Shanghai Changjiang Telecommunications Equipment (Group) Corporation and the Shanghai Posts and Telecommunications Administration Bureau, the First Institute of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications,
文摘This paper discusses the evolution of telecommunication industrial value chain （TIVC）, analyzes the influence of technical innovation and customer demand on TIVC, and establishes the model. The appearance of the circuit switching technology and packet switching technology together with the diversity of the demand of customers change the structure of TIVC, causing vibration in value creation and distribution systems. With changes of the TIVC, enterprises in the chain will accordingly alter their business models, products （services） and the internal organizational structures. All these changes will lead to the reconstruction and optimization of the TIVC, and consequently, promote the development of the telecommunication industry.
