Beyond the Pandemic?: Exploring the Impact of Covid-19 on Telecommunications and the Internet
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| 505 | 8 | |a Intro -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- About the Authors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. The Structure of the Book -- References -- Chapter 2: COVID-19 and the Internet: Lessons Learned -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. The Effect of COVID-19 on Internet Traffic -- 2.2.1. Impact on Application Usage -- 2.2.2. Impact on Internet Traffic -- 2.2.2.1. Internet Traffic and Network Performance - A Tale of Aggregates, Peaks, and Troughs. To understand the pandemic's impact on Internet traffic and network performance, it is important to understand the extent to which peak traffic and network utili -- 2.2.2.2. How Traffic Patterns Have Changed. Apart from traffic increases, the pandemic has caused changes in traffic patterns. While traffic patterns pre-COVID-19 were characterised by peaks and troughs, especially during weekdays, social distancing and l -- 2.2.2.3. Summary and (Tentative) Outlook - The Future Course of the Pandemic Effect. The findings summarised above have been largely confirmed by a series of publications. Appendix 2.1 provides an overview and brief characterisation of some important repo -- 2.3. Government and Private Sector Responses -- 2.3.1. Government Responses in the USA and the EU -- 2.3.1.1. Responses in the EU. At the EU level, a comprehensive set of general responses to the pandemic was introduced (EC, 2021a, 2021b -- Council of the EU & -- European Council, 2022). Digital policy responses included, for example, policies designed to sup -- 2.3.1.2. Responses in the United States. Also in the United States, broad and comprehensive measures were taken to cushion the negative effects of the pandemic and promote a strong recovery (USA.gov, 2022 | |
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| 505 | 8 | |a 3.3.2. Feasibility of Continued Remote Work as the Pandemic Abates -- 3.3.3. Worker and Employer Attitudes Towards Remote Work Going Forward -- 3.3.4. Distributional Effects -- 3.3.5. Changes in the Geographic Distribution of Work -- 3.4. Concluding Observations and Implications for Public Policy -- References -- Chapter 4: Digital Transformation of Educational Institutions Accelerated by COVID-19: A Digital Dynamic Capabilities Approach -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Literature Review: Education in the Time of COVID-19 -- 4.2.1.1. Search Strategy. The initial keywords (Table 4.1) and criteria (Table 4.2) for this systematic review (including titles, abstracts, and keywords) included peer-reviewed articles written in English in the field of education at the time of COVID-1 -- 4.2.1.2. Coding and Extraction. The 102 titles and abstracts were screened by a team of two coders. Since the systematic review was only intended to provide a rough overview of current research activities in the field of education in the COVID-19 context, -- 4.2.2. Limitations -- 4.2.3. Results -- 4.3. Building Dynamic Capabilities for Digital Transformation in the Educational Sector -- 4.4. A Theoretical Approach -- 4.5. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5: The Smart City and COVID-19 -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. What is a Smart City? -- 5.3. Benefiting from Cross-application Data is Proving More Difficult -- 5.4. Is Google Sufficient? -- 5.5. What COVID-19 Has Done to Cities -- 5.6. Changes to the Vision of a Smart City -- 5.6.1. Surveillance and Personal Data -- 5.6.2. Smart Healthcare -- 5.6.3. Smart Logistics -- 5.7. Getting to a Smart City During or Post-COVID-19 -- 5.8. In the Longer Term -- 5.9. Differences Across Cities -- 5.10. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: How COVID-19 Accelerated the Restructuring of UK Retail -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Retailing | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 6.2.1. More Online Grocery Shopping -- 6.2.2. Dismantling Retail Empires and Closing Stores -- 6.2.3. Other Developments -- 6.3. The Squeezing of Landlords -- 6.4. The Decline, But Not the End, of Cash -- 6.5. Discussion -- 6.6. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7: Regulatory and Broadband Industry Responses to COVID-19: Cases of Uganda, Peru, and the Caribbean -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. The State of Telecommunications and COVID-19 in Uganda -- 7.3. The State of Telecommunications and COVID-19 in Peru -- 7.4. The State of Telecommunications and COVID-19 in the Caribbean -- 7.5. Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: Beyond the Pandemic? Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on Spectrum Use and Management -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. What Happened to Spectrum Use? -- 8.3. What Happened to Spectrum Management? -- 8.4. What Happened to International Spectrum Management? -- 8.5. The Impact on Spectrum Use -- 8.6. Impact on Spectrum Management -- 8.7. Impact on International Spectrum Management -- 8.8. Discussion -- 8.9. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 9: Net Neutrality in the USA During COVID-19 -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. Recent Literature -- 9.2.1. Theoretical Research -- 9.2.2. Empirical Research -- 9.2.3. Pandemic-related Cases -- 9.3. Institutional Design -- 9.4. Impact of Net Neutrality Regulations on Broadband User Experiences -- 9.4.1. Method -- 9.4.2. Results -- 9.5. Broadband Network Provider Performance -- 9.6. Broadband Providers' Investment Incentives -- 9.7. Related Lessons from Europe -- 9.8. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10: Trends in Cybercrime During the COVID-19 Pandemic -- 10.1. Introduction -- 10.2. Ransomware and Healthcare Organisations -- 10.3. Cybersecurity and Remote Work -- 10.4. Online Scams and Covid-Related Phishing -- 10.5. Conclusion -- References | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Chapter 11: Pandemics and Infodemics: How COVID-19 is Reshaping Content Regulation? -- 11.1. Introduction -- 11.2. 'Fake News' and Infodemic: What is New? -- 11.3. Government Responses to 'Fake News' in Times of Global Health Crisis: When Speech Becomes a Crime -- 11.4. Social Media Platforms Responses: The New Arbiters of Truth? -- 11.5. What is the Truth in the Age of Pandemics? -- 11.6. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 12: Beyond the Pandemic: Towards a Digitally Enabled Society and Economy -- 12.1. Introduction -- 12.2. The Pandemic as a Change Agent - Different Challenges, Different Responses -- 12.2.1. Government Responses and Preparedness -- 12.2.2. Businesses and Individuals -- 12.3. The Internet Ecosystem - Amplification of Networking Trends & -- Consolidation in Cyberspace -- 12.3.1. Beware of (New) Digital Divides -- 12.3.2. Ecosystem Consolidation and Growing Tensions in Cyberspace -- 12.4. The Future of Work - Where, How, and What? -- 12.5. Education - The Hybrid Future? -- 12.6. Cybersecurity -- 12.7. Cyber-Governance, Digital Literacy, and Disinformation -- 12.8. Discussion -- 12.9. Conclusion -- References -- Index | |
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| contents | Intro -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- About the Authors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. The Structure of the Book -- References -- Chapter 2: COVID-19 and the Internet: Lessons Learned -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. The Effect of COVID-19 on Internet Traffic -- 2.2.1. Impact on Application Usage -- 2.2.2. Impact on Internet Traffic -- 2.2.2.1. Internet Traffic and Network Performance - A Tale of Aggregates, Peaks, and Troughs. To understand the pandemic's impact on Internet traffic and network performance, it is important to understand the extent to which peak traffic and network utili -- 2.2.2.2. How Traffic Patterns Have Changed. Apart from traffic increases, the pandemic has caused changes in traffic patterns. While traffic patterns pre-COVID-19 were characterised by peaks and troughs, especially during weekdays, social distancing and l -- 2.2.2.3. Summary and (Tentative) Outlook - The Future Course of the Pandemic Effect. The findings summarised above have been largely confirmed by a series of publications. Appendix 2.1 provides an overview and brief characterisation of some important repo -- 2.3. Government and Private Sector Responses -- 2.3.1. Government Responses in the USA and the EU -- 2.3.1.1. Responses in the EU. At the EU level, a comprehensive set of general responses to the pandemic was introduced (EC, 2021a, 2021b -- Council of the EU & -- European Council, 2022). Digital policy responses included, for example, policies designed to sup -- 2.3.1.2. Responses in the United States. Also in the United States, broad and comprehensive measures were taken to cushion the negative effects of the pandemic and promote a strong recovery (USA.gov, 2022 U.S. Department of Treasury, 2022). In the early -- 2.3.2. Responses by the Private Sector -- 2.3.2.1. Capacity Expansion and Upgrades in Interconnection Strategies. Communications service providers in developed countries had to manage the traffic growth of an entire year within a few weeks, network capacities had to be scaled up rapidly. Moreove -- 2.3.2.2. Network Management, Throttling of Sending Rates, and Rescheduling. Besides capacity expansion and upgrades in their interconnection strategies, several communications service providers used optimisation and network management strategies to maint -- 2.3.2.3. Free Services to Keep End-users Connected. Also, several providers offered their services temporarily for free in order to help cushion the negative social and economic effects of the pandemic. For example, Microsoft Teams was offered for free (S -- 2.3.2.4. Other Innovations. Finally, the pandemic has given rise to new (commercial) opportunities for specific businesses and services based on innovation in the application sphere. Previously offline services were augmented with virtual elements - for e -- 2.4. Collective Insights for a Post-COVID-19 Future -- 2.4.1. Summary and Overview -- 2.5. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: COVID-19 and the Shift to Remote Work -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Trends Visible to Date -- 3.2.1. Remote Work by Knowledge Workers -- 3.2.2. A Shift That Was Needed -- 3.2.3. A Shift That Was Long in Coming -- 3.2.4. Digital Tools as an Enabler for Remote Work by Knowledge Workers -- 3.2.5. The Growth of Remote Work During the Pandemic -- 3.2.6. Different Impacts on Different Sectors -- 3.2.7. Different Impacts on Different Population Groups -- 3.3. The Likely Course Going Forward -- 3.3.1. What Does the Future Course of the Pandemic Look Like? 3.3.2. Feasibility of Continued Remote Work as the Pandemic Abates -- 3.3.3. Worker and Employer Attitudes Towards Remote Work Going Forward -- 3.3.4. Distributional Effects -- 3.3.5. Changes in the Geographic Distribution of Work -- 3.4. Concluding Observations and Implications for Public Policy -- References -- Chapter 4: Digital Transformation of Educational Institutions Accelerated by COVID-19: A Digital Dynamic Capabilities Approach -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Literature Review: Education in the Time of COVID-19 -- 4.2.1.1. Search Strategy. The initial keywords (Table 4.1) and criteria (Table 4.2) for this systematic review (including titles, abstracts, and keywords) included peer-reviewed articles written in English in the field of education at the time of COVID-1 -- 4.2.1.2. Coding and Extraction. The 102 titles and abstracts were screened by a team of two coders. Since the systematic review was only intended to provide a rough overview of current research activities in the field of education in the COVID-19 context, -- 4.2.2. Limitations -- 4.2.3. Results -- 4.3. Building Dynamic Capabilities for Digital Transformation in the Educational Sector -- 4.4. A Theoretical Approach -- 4.5. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5: The Smart City and COVID-19 -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. What is a Smart City? -- 5.3. Benefiting from Cross-application Data is Proving More Difficult -- 5.4. Is Google Sufficient? -- 5.5. What COVID-19 Has Done to Cities -- 5.6. Changes to the Vision of a Smart City -- 5.6.1. Surveillance and Personal Data -- 5.6.2. Smart Healthcare -- 5.6.3. Smart Logistics -- 5.7. Getting to a Smart City During or Post-COVID-19 -- 5.8. In the Longer Term -- 5.9. Differences Across Cities -- 5.10. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: How COVID-19 Accelerated the Restructuring of UK Retail -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Retailing 6.2.1. More Online Grocery Shopping -- 6.2.2. Dismantling Retail Empires and Closing Stores -- 6.2.3. Other Developments -- 6.3. The Squeezing of Landlords -- 6.4. The Decline, But Not the End, of Cash -- 6.5. Discussion -- 6.6. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7: Regulatory and Broadband Industry Responses to COVID-19: Cases of Uganda, Peru, and the Caribbean -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. The State of Telecommunications and COVID-19 in Uganda -- 7.3. The State of Telecommunications and COVID-19 in Peru -- 7.4. The State of Telecommunications and COVID-19 in the Caribbean -- 7.5. Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: Beyond the Pandemic? Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on Spectrum Use and Management -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. What Happened to Spectrum Use? -- 8.3. What Happened to Spectrum Management? -- 8.4. What Happened to International Spectrum Management? -- 8.5. The Impact on Spectrum Use -- 8.6. Impact on Spectrum Management -- 8.7. Impact on International Spectrum Management -- 8.8. Discussion -- 8.9. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 9: Net Neutrality in the USA During COVID-19 -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. Recent Literature -- 9.2.1. Theoretical Research -- 9.2.2. Empirical Research -- 9.2.3. Pandemic-related Cases -- 9.3. Institutional Design -- 9.4. Impact of Net Neutrality Regulations on Broadband User Experiences -- 9.4.1. Method -- 9.4.2. Results -- 9.5. Broadband Network Provider Performance -- 9.6. Broadband Providers' Investment Incentives -- 9.7. Related Lessons from Europe -- 9.8. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10: Trends in Cybercrime During the COVID-19 Pandemic -- 10.1. Introduction -- 10.2. Ransomware and Healthcare Organisations -- 10.3. Cybersecurity and Remote Work -- 10.4. Online Scams and Covid-Related Phishing -- 10.5. Conclusion -- References Chapter 11: Pandemics and Infodemics: How COVID-19 is Reshaping Content Regulation? -- 11.1. Introduction -- 11.2. 'Fake News' and Infodemic: What is New? -- 11.3. Government Responses to 'Fake News' in Times of Global Health Crisis: When Speech Becomes a Crime -- 11.4. Social Media Platforms Responses: The New Arbiters of Truth? -- 11.5. What is the Truth in the Age of Pandemics? -- 11.6. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 12: Beyond the Pandemic: Towards a Digitally Enabled Society and Economy -- 12.1. Introduction -- 12.2. The Pandemic as a Change Agent - Different Challenges, Different Responses -- 12.2.1. Government Responses and Preparedness -- 12.2.2. Businesses and Individuals -- 12.3. The Internet Ecosystem - Amplification of Networking Trends & -- Consolidation in Cyberspace -- 12.3.1. Beware of (New) Digital Divides -- 12.3.2. Ecosystem Consolidation and Growing Tensions in Cyberspace -- 12.4. The Future of Work - Where, How, and What? -- 12.5. Education - The Hybrid Future? -- 12.6. Cybersecurity -- 12.7. Cyber-Governance, Digital Literacy, and Disinformation -- 12.8. Discussion -- 12.9. Conclusion -- References -- Index |
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Concluding Observations and Implications for Public Policy -- References -- Chapter 4: Digital Transformation of Educational Institutions Accelerated by COVID-19: A Digital Dynamic Capabilities Approach -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Literature Review: Education in the Time of COVID-19 -- 4.2.1.1. Search Strategy. The initial keywords (Table 4.1) and criteria (Table 4.2) for this systematic review (including titles, abstracts, and keywords) included peer-reviewed articles written in English in the field of education at the time of COVID-1 -- 4.2.1.2. Coding and Extraction. The 102 titles and abstracts were screened by a team of two coders. Since the systematic review was only intended to provide a rough overview of current research activities in the field of education in the COVID-19 context, -- 4.2.2. Limitations -- 4.2.3. Results -- 4.3. Building Dynamic Capabilities for Digital Transformation in the Educational Sector -- 4.4. A Theoretical Approach -- 4.5. 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| spelling | Whalley, Jason Verfasser aut Beyond the Pandemic? Exploring the Impact of Covid-19 on Telecommunications and the Internet 1st ed Bingley Emerald Publishing Limited 2023 ©2023 1 Online-Ressource (293 Seiten) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources Intro -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- About the Authors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. The Structure of the Book -- References -- Chapter 2: COVID-19 and the Internet: Lessons Learned -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. The Effect of COVID-19 on Internet Traffic -- 2.2.1. Impact on Application Usage -- 2.2.2. Impact on Internet Traffic -- 2.2.2.1. Internet Traffic and Network Performance - A Tale of Aggregates, Peaks, and Troughs. To understand the pandemic's impact on Internet traffic and network performance, it is important to understand the extent to which peak traffic and network utili -- 2.2.2.2. How Traffic Patterns Have Changed. Apart from traffic increases, the pandemic has caused changes in traffic patterns. While traffic patterns pre-COVID-19 were characterised by peaks and troughs, especially during weekdays, social distancing and l -- 2.2.2.3. Summary and (Tentative) Outlook - The Future Course of the Pandemic Effect. The findings summarised above have been largely confirmed by a series of publications. Appendix 2.1 provides an overview and brief characterisation of some important repo -- 2.3. Government and Private Sector Responses -- 2.3.1. Government Responses in the USA and the EU -- 2.3.1.1. Responses in the EU. At the EU level, a comprehensive set of general responses to the pandemic was introduced (EC, 2021a, 2021b -- Council of the EU & -- European Council, 2022). Digital policy responses included, for example, policies designed to sup -- 2.3.1.2. Responses in the United States. Also in the United States, broad and comprehensive measures were taken to cushion the negative effects of the pandemic and promote a strong recovery (USA.gov, 2022 U.S. Department of Treasury, 2022). In the early -- 2.3.2. Responses by the Private Sector -- 2.3.2.1. Capacity Expansion and Upgrades in Interconnection Strategies. Communications service providers in developed countries had to manage the traffic growth of an entire year within a few weeks, network capacities had to be scaled up rapidly. Moreove -- 2.3.2.2. Network Management, Throttling of Sending Rates, and Rescheduling. Besides capacity expansion and upgrades in their interconnection strategies, several communications service providers used optimisation and network management strategies to maint -- 2.3.2.3. Free Services to Keep End-users Connected. Also, several providers offered their services temporarily for free in order to help cushion the negative social and economic effects of the pandemic. For example, Microsoft Teams was offered for free (S -- 2.3.2.4. Other Innovations. Finally, the pandemic has given rise to new (commercial) opportunities for specific businesses and services based on innovation in the application sphere. Previously offline services were augmented with virtual elements - for e -- 2.4. Collective Insights for a Post-COVID-19 Future -- 2.4.1. Summary and Overview -- 2.5. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: COVID-19 and the Shift to Remote Work -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Trends Visible to Date -- 3.2.1. Remote Work by Knowledge Workers -- 3.2.2. A Shift That Was Needed -- 3.2.3. A Shift That Was Long in Coming -- 3.2.4. Digital Tools as an Enabler for Remote Work by Knowledge Workers -- 3.2.5. The Growth of Remote Work During the Pandemic -- 3.2.6. Different Impacts on Different Sectors -- 3.2.7. Different Impacts on Different Population Groups -- 3.3. The Likely Course Going Forward -- 3.3.1. What Does the Future Course of the Pandemic Look Like? 3.3.2. Feasibility of Continued Remote Work as the Pandemic Abates -- 3.3.3. Worker and Employer Attitudes Towards Remote Work Going Forward -- 3.3.4. Distributional Effects -- 3.3.5. Changes in the Geographic Distribution of Work -- 3.4. Concluding Observations and Implications for Public Policy -- References -- Chapter 4: Digital Transformation of Educational Institutions Accelerated by COVID-19: A Digital Dynamic Capabilities Approach -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Literature Review: Education in the Time of COVID-19 -- 4.2.1.1. Search Strategy. The initial keywords (Table 4.1) and criteria (Table 4.2) for this systematic review (including titles, abstracts, and keywords) included peer-reviewed articles written in English in the field of education at the time of COVID-1 -- 4.2.1.2. Coding and Extraction. The 102 titles and abstracts were screened by a team of two coders. Since the systematic review was only intended to provide a rough overview of current research activities in the field of education in the COVID-19 context, -- 4.2.2. Limitations -- 4.2.3. Results -- 4.3. Building Dynamic Capabilities for Digital Transformation in the Educational Sector -- 4.4. A Theoretical Approach -- 4.5. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5: The Smart City and COVID-19 -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. What is a Smart City? -- 5.3. Benefiting from Cross-application Data is Proving More Difficult -- 5.4. Is Google Sufficient? -- 5.5. What COVID-19 Has Done to Cities -- 5.6. Changes to the Vision of a Smart City -- 5.6.1. Surveillance and Personal Data -- 5.6.2. Smart Healthcare -- 5.6.3. Smart Logistics -- 5.7. Getting to a Smart City During or Post-COVID-19 -- 5.8. In the Longer Term -- 5.9. Differences Across Cities -- 5.10. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: How COVID-19 Accelerated the Restructuring of UK Retail -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Retailing 6.2.1. More Online Grocery Shopping -- 6.2.2. Dismantling Retail Empires and Closing Stores -- 6.2.3. Other Developments -- 6.3. The Squeezing of Landlords -- 6.4. The Decline, But Not the End, of Cash -- 6.5. Discussion -- 6.6. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7: Regulatory and Broadband Industry Responses to COVID-19: Cases of Uganda, Peru, and the Caribbean -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. The State of Telecommunications and COVID-19 in Uganda -- 7.3. The State of Telecommunications and COVID-19 in Peru -- 7.4. The State of Telecommunications and COVID-19 in the Caribbean -- 7.5. Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: Beyond the Pandemic? Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on Spectrum Use and Management -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. What Happened to Spectrum Use? -- 8.3. What Happened to Spectrum Management? -- 8.4. What Happened to International Spectrum Management? -- 8.5. The Impact on Spectrum Use -- 8.6. Impact on Spectrum Management -- 8.7. Impact on International Spectrum Management -- 8.8. Discussion -- 8.9. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 9: Net Neutrality in the USA During COVID-19 -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. Recent Literature -- 9.2.1. Theoretical Research -- 9.2.2. Empirical Research -- 9.2.3. Pandemic-related Cases -- 9.3. Institutional Design -- 9.4. Impact of Net Neutrality Regulations on Broadband User Experiences -- 9.4.1. Method -- 9.4.2. Results -- 9.5. Broadband Network Provider Performance -- 9.6. Broadband Providers' Investment Incentives -- 9.7. Related Lessons from Europe -- 9.8. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10: Trends in Cybercrime During the COVID-19 Pandemic -- 10.1. Introduction -- 10.2. Ransomware and Healthcare Organisations -- 10.3. Cybersecurity and Remote Work -- 10.4. Online Scams and Covid-Related Phishing -- 10.5. Conclusion -- References Chapter 11: Pandemics and Infodemics: How COVID-19 is Reshaping Content Regulation? -- 11.1. Introduction -- 11.2. 'Fake News' and Infodemic: What is New? -- 11.3. Government Responses to 'Fake News' in Times of Global Health Crisis: When Speech Becomes a Crime -- 11.4. Social Media Platforms Responses: The New Arbiters of Truth? -- 11.5. What is the Truth in the Age of Pandemics? -- 11.6. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 12: Beyond the Pandemic: Towards a Digitally Enabled Society and Economy -- 12.1. Introduction -- 12.2. The Pandemic as a Change Agent - Different Challenges, Different Responses -- 12.2.1. Government Responses and Preparedness -- 12.2.2. Businesses and Individuals -- 12.3. The Internet Ecosystem - Amplification of Networking Trends & -- Consolidation in Cyberspace -- 12.3.1. Beware of (New) Digital Divides -- 12.3.2. Ecosystem Consolidation and Growing Tensions in Cyberspace -- 12.4. The Future of Work - Where, How, and What? -- 12.5. Education - The Hybrid Future? -- 12.6. Cybersecurity -- 12.7. Cyber-Governance, Digital Literacy, and Disinformation -- 12.8. Discussion -- 12.9. Conclusion -- References -- Index This book contains an Open Access chapter Beyond the Pandemic? is integral to the exploration of the sectoral consequences of the Internet for business managers, policymakers and researchers engaged in planning and study for the digital economy future and planning for future pandemics COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020--Influence Internet-Social aspects Telecommunication-Social aspects Telekommunikation (DE-588)4059360-5 gnd rswk-swf COVID-19 (DE-588)1206347392 gnd rswk-swf Internet (DE-588)4308416-3 gnd rswk-swf COVID-19 (DE-588)1206347392 s Internet (DE-588)4308416-3 s Telekommunikation (DE-588)4059360-5 s DE-604 Stocker, Volker Sonstige oth Lehr, William Sonstige oth Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Whalley, Jason Beyond the Pandemic? Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited,c2023 9781802620504 |
| spellingShingle | Whalley, Jason Beyond the Pandemic? Exploring the Impact of Covid-19 on Telecommunications and the Internet Intro -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- About the Authors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. The Structure of the Book -- References -- Chapter 2: COVID-19 and the Internet: Lessons Learned -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. The Effect of COVID-19 on Internet Traffic -- 2.2.1. Impact on Application Usage -- 2.2.2. Impact on Internet Traffic -- 2.2.2.1. Internet Traffic and Network Performance - A Tale of Aggregates, Peaks, and Troughs. To understand the pandemic's impact on Internet traffic and network performance, it is important to understand the extent to which peak traffic and network utili -- 2.2.2.2. How Traffic Patterns Have Changed. Apart from traffic increases, the pandemic has caused changes in traffic patterns. While traffic patterns pre-COVID-19 were characterised by peaks and troughs, especially during weekdays, social distancing and l -- 2.2.2.3. Summary and (Tentative) Outlook - The Future Course of the Pandemic Effect. The findings summarised above have been largely confirmed by a series of publications. Appendix 2.1 provides an overview and brief characterisation of some important repo -- 2.3. Government and Private Sector Responses -- 2.3.1. Government Responses in the USA and the EU -- 2.3.1.1. Responses in the EU. At the EU level, a comprehensive set of general responses to the pandemic was introduced (EC, 2021a, 2021b -- Council of the EU & -- European Council, 2022). Digital policy responses included, for example, policies designed to sup -- 2.3.1.2. Responses in the United States. Also in the United States, broad and comprehensive measures were taken to cushion the negative effects of the pandemic and promote a strong recovery (USA.gov, 2022 U.S. Department of Treasury, 2022). In the early -- 2.3.2. Responses by the Private Sector -- 2.3.2.1. Capacity Expansion and Upgrades in Interconnection Strategies. Communications service providers in developed countries had to manage the traffic growth of an entire year within a few weeks, network capacities had to be scaled up rapidly. Moreove -- 2.3.2.2. Network Management, Throttling of Sending Rates, and Rescheduling. Besides capacity expansion and upgrades in their interconnection strategies, several communications service providers used optimisation and network management strategies to maint -- 2.3.2.3. Free Services to Keep End-users Connected. Also, several providers offered their services temporarily for free in order to help cushion the negative social and economic effects of the pandemic. For example, Microsoft Teams was offered for free (S -- 2.3.2.4. Other Innovations. Finally, the pandemic has given rise to new (commercial) opportunities for specific businesses and services based on innovation in the application sphere. Previously offline services were augmented with virtual elements - for e -- 2.4. Collective Insights for a Post-COVID-19 Future -- 2.4.1. Summary and Overview -- 2.5. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: COVID-19 and the Shift to Remote Work -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Trends Visible to Date -- 3.2.1. Remote Work by Knowledge Workers -- 3.2.2. A Shift That Was Needed -- 3.2.3. A Shift That Was Long in Coming -- 3.2.4. Digital Tools as an Enabler for Remote Work by Knowledge Workers -- 3.2.5. The Growth of Remote Work During the Pandemic -- 3.2.6. Different Impacts on Different Sectors -- 3.2.7. Different Impacts on Different Population Groups -- 3.3. The Likely Course Going Forward -- 3.3.1. What Does the Future Course of the Pandemic Look Like? 3.3.2. Feasibility of Continued Remote Work as the Pandemic Abates -- 3.3.3. Worker and Employer Attitudes Towards Remote Work Going Forward -- 3.3.4. Distributional Effects -- 3.3.5. Changes in the Geographic Distribution of Work -- 3.4. Concluding Observations and Implications for Public Policy -- References -- Chapter 4: Digital Transformation of Educational Institutions Accelerated by COVID-19: A Digital Dynamic Capabilities Approach -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Literature Review: Education in the Time of COVID-19 -- 4.2.1.1. Search Strategy. The initial keywords (Table 4.1) and criteria (Table 4.2) for this systematic review (including titles, abstracts, and keywords) included peer-reviewed articles written in English in the field of education at the time of COVID-1 -- 4.2.1.2. Coding and Extraction. The 102 titles and abstracts were screened by a team of two coders. Since the systematic review was only intended to provide a rough overview of current research activities in the field of education in the COVID-19 context, -- 4.2.2. Limitations -- 4.2.3. Results -- 4.3. Building Dynamic Capabilities for Digital Transformation in the Educational Sector -- 4.4. A Theoretical Approach -- 4.5. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5: The Smart City and COVID-19 -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. What is a Smart City? -- 5.3. Benefiting from Cross-application Data is Proving More Difficult -- 5.4. Is Google Sufficient? -- 5.5. What COVID-19 Has Done to Cities -- 5.6. Changes to the Vision of a Smart City -- 5.6.1. Surveillance and Personal Data -- 5.6.2. Smart Healthcare -- 5.6.3. Smart Logistics -- 5.7. Getting to a Smart City During or Post-COVID-19 -- 5.8. In the Longer Term -- 5.9. Differences Across Cities -- 5.10. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: How COVID-19 Accelerated the Restructuring of UK Retail -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Retailing 6.2.1. More Online Grocery Shopping -- 6.2.2. Dismantling Retail Empires and Closing Stores -- 6.2.3. Other Developments -- 6.3. The Squeezing of Landlords -- 6.4. The Decline, But Not the End, of Cash -- 6.5. Discussion -- 6.6. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7: Regulatory and Broadband Industry Responses to COVID-19: Cases of Uganda, Peru, and the Caribbean -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. The State of Telecommunications and COVID-19 in Uganda -- 7.3. The State of Telecommunications and COVID-19 in Peru -- 7.4. The State of Telecommunications and COVID-19 in the Caribbean -- 7.5. Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: Beyond the Pandemic? Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on Spectrum Use and Management -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. What Happened to Spectrum Use? -- 8.3. What Happened to Spectrum Management? -- 8.4. What Happened to International Spectrum Management? -- 8.5. The Impact on Spectrum Use -- 8.6. Impact on Spectrum Management -- 8.7. Impact on International Spectrum Management -- 8.8. Discussion -- 8.9. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 9: Net Neutrality in the USA During COVID-19 -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. Recent Literature -- 9.2.1. Theoretical Research -- 9.2.2. Empirical Research -- 9.2.3. Pandemic-related Cases -- 9.3. Institutional Design -- 9.4. Impact of Net Neutrality Regulations on Broadband User Experiences -- 9.4.1. Method -- 9.4.2. Results -- 9.5. Broadband Network Provider Performance -- 9.6. Broadband Providers' Investment Incentives -- 9.7. Related Lessons from Europe -- 9.8. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10: Trends in Cybercrime During the COVID-19 Pandemic -- 10.1. Introduction -- 10.2. Ransomware and Healthcare Organisations -- 10.3. Cybersecurity and Remote Work -- 10.4. Online Scams and Covid-Related Phishing -- 10.5. Conclusion -- References Chapter 11: Pandemics and Infodemics: How COVID-19 is Reshaping Content Regulation? -- 11.1. Introduction -- 11.2. 'Fake News' and Infodemic: What is New? -- 11.3. Government Responses to 'Fake News' in Times of Global Health Crisis: When Speech Becomes a Crime -- 11.4. Social Media Platforms Responses: The New Arbiters of Truth? -- 11.5. What is the Truth in the Age of Pandemics? -- 11.6. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 12: Beyond the Pandemic: Towards a Digitally Enabled Society and Economy -- 12.1. Introduction -- 12.2. The Pandemic as a Change Agent - Different Challenges, Different Responses -- 12.2.1. Government Responses and Preparedness -- 12.2.2. Businesses and Individuals -- 12.3. The Internet Ecosystem - Amplification of Networking Trends & -- Consolidation in Cyberspace -- 12.3.1. Beware of (New) Digital Divides -- 12.3.2. Ecosystem Consolidation and Growing Tensions in Cyberspace -- 12.4. The Future of Work - Where, How, and What? -- 12.5. Education - The Hybrid Future? -- 12.6. Cybersecurity -- 12.7. Cyber-Governance, Digital Literacy, and Disinformation -- 12.8. Discussion -- 12.9. 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| title_sub | Exploring the Impact of Covid-19 on Telecommunications and the Internet |
| topic | COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020--Influence Internet-Social aspects Telecommunication-Social aspects Telekommunikation (DE-588)4059360-5 gnd COVID-19 (DE-588)1206347392 gnd Internet (DE-588)4308416-3 gnd |
| topic_facet | COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020--Influence Internet-Social aspects Telecommunication-Social aspects Telekommunikation COVID-19 Internet |
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