Trends in connectivity technologies and their socio-economic impacts; Final report of the study: Policy Options for the Ubiquitous Internet Society
This report contains a review of technology trends underlying the future Internet Society. It assesses the possible future socio-economic impacts; as well as the changing business models that are likely to emerge in the next 5 to 10 years. The ultimate objective of the study is to make future policy recommendations for the successor programme to the current EU’s ICT strategy: the i2010 programme. The project involved trend analysis, econometric modelling, desk research, interviews, a survey, scenario development and gaming.
- Issue:
- Technological innovation
- Region:
- Europe
- Year Published:
- 2009
- Authors:
- Neil Robinson, Philipp-Bastian Brutscher, Alaa Shehabi, Helen Rebecca Schindler, Constantijn van Oranje-Nassau, Jonathan Cave
- Institution:
- RAND Corporation