OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Telecommunications Policy is 12. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	162
Building an ecosystem for mobile broadband measurement: Methods and policy challenges	159
Juggling ecumenical wisdoms and xenophobic institutions: Framing and modelling China's telecommunications universal service and rural digitalization initiatives and policies	156
Cloud computing and rural globalization: Evidence for the U.S. nonfarm economy	144
Mobile network operators’ business risks in next-generation public safety services	134
Critical junctures in United Kingdom telecommunications policy	134
Into the next generation of digital protection: AI resiliency as a public responsibility	109
Qualitative analysis of structural holes in emerging media industries: Evidence from Taiwan’s Over-The-Top Industry	89
The tax burden on mobile network operators in Africa	71
Conflicting national policies: The creation of the euro and the rebalancing of telecommunications prices	71
How offline retailers adopt O2O: Neighboring star shops and their proximity effect	70
Willingness to pay and pricing for broadband across the rural/urban divide in Canada	66
The ICT growth puzzle: Disentangling the role of individuals, firms, and governments across digitalization stages	62
Developing a conceptual framework for digital platform literacy	62
A study on Metaverse risk factors and user risk perception in South Korea	62
Exploring killer domains to create new value: A comparative case study of Canadian and Korean telcos	61
Editorial Board	61
Editorial Board	60
Competition reform and household welfare: A microsimulation analysis of the telecommunication sector in Ethiopia	60
A two-sided model of paid peering	59
Concentration of the mobile telecommunications markets and countries’ competitiveness	58
Wired and working? An evaluation of broadband expansion in Rural America	58
Analysis of the evolution characteristics of international ICT services trade based on complex network	56
Two paths of balancing technology and ethics: A comparative study on AI governance in China and Germany	55
The advent of 5G and the non-discrimination principle	54

Developing information and communication technology with the belt and road initiative and the digital silk road	54
Understandings of the AI business ecosystem in South Korea: AI startups’ perspective	53
Greening the telecommunications industry – Consumer preferences and surcharges for environmental attributes of mobile phone plans	50
Exploring the role of data enclosure in the digital political economy	48
How is mobile broadband intensity affecting CO2 emissions? – A macro analysis	47
A new digital era: Challenges and opportunities for Thai women in online marketplace	47
Digital dividends? Rural E-commerce policy and urban-rural income disparity in China	47
Editorial Board	44
The future of 5G and beyond: Leadership, deployment and European policies	43
The effect of the digital economy on services exports competitiveness and ternary margins	43
Ultra-broadband investment and economic resilience: Evidence from the Covid-19 pandemic	41
Explaining geospatial variation in mobile phone ownership among rural women of Bangladesh: A multi-level and multidimensional approach	40
Triple Helix Synergy Model in China's new technology diplomacy: Perspectives from AI startups	38
Uncovering the impact of IP location display on user behavior in China's social platforms: A policy-driven analysis	36
Exploring the structural effects of the ICT sector in the Greek economy: A quantitative approach based on input-output and network analysis	36
Tech diplomacy and Critical Technologies: Case of the LEO satellite internet	36
Multi-perspective approach for developing sustainable 6G mobile communications	35
Editorial Board	35
The digital divide between high school students in Colombia	35
Editorial: Economic, social and political impacts of blockchain	35
The growing impact of ICT productivity via the cost of capital: Evidence from the U.S. and Japan	32
The state is watching you—A cross-national comparison of data retention in Europe	31
Unravelling digital divides in the Emilia-Romagna region through the poset approach	31
Do subscribers of mobile networks care about Data Throttling?	31
Harnessing digital technologies for poverty reduction. Evidence for low-income and lower-middle income countries	30
Impact of data trade restrictions on IT services export: A cross-country analysis	28
Can digital literacy improve income mobility? Evidence from China	27
Does ICT create a new driving force for manufacturing?—Evidence from Chinese manufacturing firms	27
Does ICTs decrease the spread of informal economy in Africa?	27
ICT payoffs for workers: Evidence from the labor market in Brazil	27
Transforming cybersecurity with agentic AI to combat emerging cyber threats	26
The evolution of the digital economy: Comparative insights from China and the United States, 1995–2020	26
Using spectrum set-asides to address distributional objectives: Lessons from Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States	25
The Brussels Effect in Brazil: Analysing the impact of the EU digital services act on the discussion surrounding the fake news bill	25
Digitalization and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic	25
Do digital platform's unethical behaviors influence users' trust and intention to use alternative platforms?	24
A centrality analysis of the Lightning Network	24
Planned obsolescence and smartphone replacement: Empirical evidence on the Italian market	24
Multivariate and geospatial analysis of technology utilization in US counties	24
Editorial Board	23
Editorial Board	22
Infrastructure sharing reduces the energy, emissions and costs of universal mobile 4G and 5G broadband	22
The influence of digital divide frames on legislative passage and partisan sponsorship: A content analysis of digital equity legislation in the U.S. from 1990 to 2020	22
AI narratives and unequal conditions. Analyzing the discourse of liminal expert voices in discursive communicative spaces	22
Legitimacy considerations in regulation for local mobile communication network business in Finland and the UK	21
Privacy in AI and the IoT: The privacy concerns of smart speaker users and the Personal Information Protection Law in China	21
Does social media improve women's political empowerment in Africa?	21
Kids content as IPTV operator's new differentiator: The Korean case	20
Crisis-ready telecom: Global approaches to emergency management in telecommunications	19
Examining the US amateur-radio community through a polycentricity lens	19

Unlocking trade locks in landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) in Africa: The role of digital infrastructure	19
Editorial Board	19
Conversations with fellow leaders: Privacy framing in congressional hearings after Cambridge Analytica	19
Evolved spectrum usage rights: A catalyst for liberal spectrum management reform	19
Impacts of the Broadband Initiatives Program on broadband adoption and home telework	18
Technology empowerment: A path to poverty alleviation for Chinese women from the perspective of development communication	18
Working from home, job tasks, and productivity	17
Environmental sustainability in the OECD: The power of digitalization, green innovation, renewable energy and financial development	17
What would it cost to connect the unconnected? Estimating global universal broadband infrastructure investment	17
The COVID-19 pandemic and deepening digital inequalities in China	17
From vulnerabilities to resilience: Taiwan's semiconductor industry and geopolitical challenges	17
The rise of 5G technologies and systems: A quantitative analysis of knowledge production	17
Voices from Northern Canada: Integrating stakeholder expectations in telecommunications policy for rural, remote and Northern regions	17
Exploring the contributors to the digital economy: Insights from Vietnam with comparisons to Thailand	16
A study on forward and backward linkage effects in South Korea's telecom industry across generations	16
Digital technologies and financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa	16
Development of the ICT sector and the determinants of Internet use in the Southern Caucasus	16
Editorial Board	16
An old familiar song? Assessing the artificial intelligence divide among the regions of the European Union and its connections with digital divides	16
Is digitalization a booster for economic growth in Africa? Short run and long run evidence from Tanzania	16
Urbanization and sustainable development for inclusiveness using ICTs	15
Scoping new policy frameworks for local and community broadband networks	15
An empirical analysis on relationships between over-the-top applications for communication and traditional mobile voice services	15
Do ICTs drive wealth inequality? Evidence from a dynamic panel analysis	15
Customer churn prediction for fixed wireless access: The case of a regional internet service provider	15
Activating the principle of ‘taking into account the special needs of the developing countries’ in the distribution of low Earth orbit frequency/orbit resources	15
How do standards committees affect the success of a standard? Comparative analysis of RCS and VoLTE and proposed hybrid standards development model of open and bandwagon approaches	14
Development of 5G – Identifying organizations active in publishing, patenting, and standardization	14
Understanding the evolution of China's standardization policy system	14
Editorial: Digital societies and industrial transformations: ITS 23rd Biennial Conference	14
A deep dive into the birth process of linking 6G and the UN SDGs	14
Compartmental market models in the digital economy—extension of the Bass model to complex economic systems	13
Same goal, different paths: Contrasting approaches to AI regulation in China and India	13
Assessing the European association between digitalization and innovation	13
Editorial Board	13
Editorial Board	13
The “Netflix effect” revisited: OTT video, media globalization and digital sovereignty in 4 countries	13
Determining spectrum caps and service efficiency: A case study of mobile operators in Thailand	13
What drives broadband traffic?	13
Reviewing wireless broadband technologies in the peak smartphone era: 6G versus Wi-Fi 7 and 8	13
Editorial Board	13
Economic growth and broadband access: The European urban-rural digital divide	13
COVID-19 and changes in content usage behavior: The case of South Korea	13
Exacerbating the divide? Investigating rural inequalities in high speed broadband availability	13
Promoting the adoption of digital technology: Strategic policy insights from a network effects model	13
Economic, political, and social factors impeding the regulation of digital platforms	12
Sourcing behavior and the role of news media in AI-powered search engines in the digital media ecosystem: Comparing political news retrieval across five languages	12
Standard essential patents and global ICT value chains with a focus on the catching-up of China	12
Internet price, speed, and disparity: The case of rural healthcare providers in the United States	12
Impact of mobile money on the economic empowerment of women in Benin	12
Small firms, big streams: How the characteristics of SMEs impact live streaming commerce performance	12
5G and the notion of network ideology, or: The limitations of sociotechnical imaginaries	12
The value of public service broadcasting in Japan during COVID-19 pandemic: An analysis of WTP by Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition	12
From entrepreneur to social sharer: Entrepreneurship and digital social sharing	12
Digital discrimination under disparate impact: A legal and economic analysis	12
App store governance: Implications, limitations, and regulatory responses	12
Regulation and innovation in 5G markets	12