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12/30/2024

Demand trends in the German postal market and the impact on the universal service (No. 531)

The decline in letter volumes poses significant challenges for universal postal service. What potential impacts will these developments have on the…

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12/30/2024

WIK Working Paper No. 10: Sustainability of fixed and mobile networks compared across different regional structures

Can modern mobile access networks substitute FTTH access? The study investigates this question by applying two bottom-up access network models for…

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12/30/2024

International postal services and e-commerce supply chains (No. 530)

Over the past decade, cross-border online trade to the EU has grown strongly, particularly from China, thanks to platforms such as Shein and Temu. The…

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12/23/2024

A vision for sustainable effective competition in the fibre world

How can competition in the market look like in the future fibre world, once the race for fibre roll-out has ended and fibre coverage targets have been…

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12/23/2024

Willingness to pay for Internet Access Services and the Impact of large Content and Application Providers

Outlining a Research Approach

The report presents a methodological approach to investigate the relevance and impact of video streaming services from Content and Application…

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12/23/2024

Cloud solutions for public administration (No. 529)

Current status, market overview and outlook

Cloud computing offers many advantages for public administrations. Sharing resources in the cloud enables needs-based, flexible use and rapid scaling…

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12/23/2024

Working Paper No. 9: Economics and Regulation of Adult Online Content

This study provides a comprehensive overview of the ecosystem of pornographic websites, including their business models, market structure and user…

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12/20/2024

Generative AI

Two consumer-side analyses

The study analyses the views of German consumers on generative AI, its use and risk perception in various sectors. Another focus is on the perception…

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12/20/2024

Reporting practices of European telecommunications companies on environmental sustainability in the financial year 2023 (No. 528)

WIK analyzes the sustainability reports of 16 telecommunications companies

Large European telecommunications companies are required to publish sustainability reports since 2018. From the financial year 2024 on, they will have…

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12/20/2024

Data Access, Data Sharing and Privacy (Nr. 527)

The study draws attention to the inherent tensions between the protection of data, the usability of anonymised data and the proportionality of the…

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12/19/2024

Reasons for the growing gap between FTTH Homes Passed and FTTH Homes Connected (No. 526)

The growing gap between the number of Homes Passed and Homes Connected is one of the key topics in the context of the current debate on fibre optic…

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12/19/2024

The role of price comparison tools for the German broadband market (Nr. 525)

WIK report analyses the business model of price comparison tools and benchmarks their products and prices in comparison to the conditions offered by telecommunications operators directly.

Price comparison tools play an increasingly important role as a source of information and sales channel for various types of products and services on…

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