Jason Whalley

Ewan Sutherland

There are many socio-economic benefits associated with the provision and use of broadband services. Arguably these are greatest for those living and working in rural areas, as broadband contributes to the 'death of distance'. This paper focuses on the provision of broadband in rural Scotland, and analyses the initiatives that have been undertaken to encourage broadband availability to identify a series of challenges that need to be overcome. One challenge highlighted is the need to coordinate across the complex institutional landscape that has emerged in broadband provision in rural Scotland, while a second is the relative lack of resources that are available. A third is the focus on availability at the expense of encouraging adoption. These challenges provide lessons for other countries.

Rural Broadband in Scotland - Challenges for Scotland and Lessons for Other Countries

This paper reviews the overall aims of policy of European Union spectrum policy and management, within the framework of the completion of European single market. The development of markets for GSM services is analysed, including the absorption of PCS on the 1800 MHz band into GSM. The history of digital radio-paging is desribed, including the failure of HERMES. The development of TETRA, the digital public mobile radio services, is desribed and explained. The preparation for third generation mobile, UMTS, is set out, including a brief analysis of the auctions and beauty contests. The status of mobile multimedia is described.

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