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03/25/2025

21st Königswinter Postal Seminar

Vivid discussions on the future of the postal universal service

Period: 13.03.2025 - 14.03.2025

Postal, parcel and express service providers, regulators and researchers met at the 21st Königswinter Postal Seminar to discuss the future of the…

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03/10/2025

Interview related to study ‘AI and AI readiness in medium-sized companies’

Published in the online magazine ‘transforM’ and in the KMU4Good media library

Many small and medium-sized companies are looking for guidance and are unsure what they need to do to use AI successfully. The study ‘AI and AI…

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02/13/2025

The legal framework for environmental sustainability reporting in the European telecommunications industry (No. 532)

In the context of ecologic sustainability reporting telecommunications providers have to consider complex and extensive rules and standards. The…

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02/13/2025

Intangible benefits of the Universal Service Obligation in Belgium

BIPT publishes updated study on bpost’s intangible benefits from the Universal Service Obligation.

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02/12/2025

Voucher as an instrument to stimulate fibre demand

Study by WIK-Consult for the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport

The German fibre-optic market is in a challenging situation. Despite an intensification of the roll-out dynamics, take-up rates for FTTB/H connections…

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01/30/2025

Sustainability of ECN in the Greek market

White paper

The white paper analyses the environmental impact of telecommunications networks in Greece with a focus on climate targets and sustainable practices.…

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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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