The Challenge of Universal Service in 21st Century Portugal

Author

Madureira, Raquel Castro ; Duarte, A. Manuel De Oliveira ; Matias-Fonseca, Raquel

Author_Institution

Dept. de Electron., Telecomun. e Inf., Campus Univ. de Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal

Volume

31

Issue

3

fYear

2012

Firstpage

27

Lastpage

33

Abstract

As an answer to growing public demand, the telecommunications market is providing newly developed alternative broadband infrastructures. Around the world there is a massive deployment of New Generation Telecommunications Networks (NGN). These new generation networks have become part of new economic plans for many Telco operators and governments. Despite special plans for rural zones (in Europe [1], for example in Portugal [2]), there are no absolute guarantees that 100% of citizens will have access to broadband.

Keywords

broadband networks; next generation networks; telecommunication industry; telecommunication network planning; telecommunication services; 21st century Portugal; Europe; NGN; Telco government; Telco operator; broadband infrastructure; economic planning; new generation telecommunication network; rural zone planning; telecommunications market; universal service challenge; Broadband communication; Consumer products; Europe; Next generation networking; Supply and demand; Telecommunication services;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Technology and Society Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0278-0097

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MTS.2012.2211153

Filename

6313623