info: Volume 6 Issue 6

Mobile futures– beyond 3G

Erik Bohlin, Jean‐Claude Burgelman

Introduces five papers which provide a comprehensive picture of recent developments and challenges in the European telecommunications industry. Believes that both regulators and…

Japan's mobile internet success story – facts, myths, lessons and implications

Sven Lindmark, Erik Bohlin, Erik Andersson

The paper investigates the evolution of the successful mobile internet service i‐mode in Japan, identifies the relevant explanatory factors, and provides implications for the…

Prospects beyond 3G

Carlos Rodríguez Casal, Jean Claude Burgelman, Erik Bohlin

3G in Europe faces not only the challenge of recouping the huge cost of licenses, but also the possibility of being overtaken by the emerging new broadband and wireless…

Scenarios and business models for 4G in Europe

Pieter Ballon

This paper investigates the main trends and uncertainties that will define fourth generation mobile systems and services (4G) in Europe. It outlines two divergent visions on 4G…

Developments for 4G and European policy

Arnd Weber, Erik Bohlin, Sven Lindmark, Bernd Wingert

This paper addresses the potential need for European public policy actions in the area of mobile communications, in particular of developments towards 4th generation networks…

Wireless R&D in the EU: a review

Erik Bohlin, Erik Andersson

This paper examines Europe‐wide research initiatives co‐ordinated on a European Union level through the successive EU Research Framework Programmes (FP), particularly through its…

Note from the publisher

Rebecca Marsh