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05/20/2025

Relevant costs and prices for IP-Interconnection by peering

WIK expert opinion for Init7 on settlement-free peering with Swisscom now public

ComCom has obliged Swisscom, due to its market dominance, to provide cost-oriented interconnection with Init7 and has set this as Settlement Free…

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05/07/2025

Costing of LLU access in state aid funded rollout areas

The wholesale prices for unbundled fibre-optic local loops, which are to apply in the state aid funded networks, are to be set centrally by the…

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05/07/2025

Trade article – Innovative municipalities: The role of municipal IT service providers & start-ups

Current publication of the results of the WIK study in the conference proceedings

The "Better Regulation and Bureaucracy Reduction Network" examines the opportunities offered by administrative digitization. What role do municipal…

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04/04/2025

Expert dialog: Economic mechanisms and business models in data spaces

Period: 19.05.2025 13:00 - 16:00

As part of our research activities, the WIK is hosting an online expert dialogue on the "Economic mechanisms and business models in data spaces" on…

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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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