eprintid: 50327 rev_number: 5 eprint_status: archive userid: 1482 importid: 105 dir: disk0/00/05/03/27 datestamp: 2025-02-07 12:48:55 lastmod: 2025-02-07 12:48:59 status_changed: 2025-02-07 12:48:55 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Bacha, Radia creators_name: Gasmi, Farid creators_name: Metevier, Samantha creators_id: farid.gasmi@tse-fr.eu creators_idrefppn: 069829721 creators_halaffid: 1002422 title: Broadband adoption in Algeria and the structural determinants of its pace ispublished: pub subjects: subjects_ECO abstract: Using a 2003–2019 dataset on broadband adoption in Algeria, we explore its pattern and the market structure, institutional, and socio-economic factors that influenced its pace, which was considerably delayed due to political and social instability during the decade of the 1990s. We propose an integrative model selection approach that simultaneously searches for the best diffusion model among the Bass, Gompertz, and Logistic diffusion models, as well as relevant explanatory variables. The Logistic model chosen strongly aligns with Algeria's historical context compared to the Gompertz model selected by the standard sequential approach. Market concentration exhibits a U-shaped impact on adoption rates, while institutional quality, mobile technology, and higher education enrollment consistently have a positive impact. Introducing differentiated broadband access to stimulate competition and lower prices can promote adoption among sub-populations in Algeria who currently find it financially inaccessible. Additionally, broadband uptake can be further accelerated by enforcing transparent governance, supporting regulatory policies, and boosting digital literacy. date: 2024-07 date_type: published publisher: Elsevier id_number: 10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102761 official_url: http://tse-fr.eu/pub/130248 faculty: tse divisions: tse language: en has_fulltext: FALSE doi: 10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102761 view_date_year: 2024 full_text_status: none publication: Telecommunications Policy volume: vol. 48 number: n° 6 place_of_pub: Amsterdam refereed: TRUE issn: 1879-3258 oai_identifier: oai:tse-fr.eu:130248 harvester_local_overwrite: number harvester_local_overwrite: volume harvester_local_overwrite: issn harvester_local_overwrite: pending harvester_local_overwrite: creators_idrefppn harvester_local_overwrite: creators_halaffid harvester_local_overwrite: publisher harvester_local_overwrite: creators_id harvester_local_overwrite: place_of_pub harvester_local_overwrite: hal_id harvester_local_overwrite: hal_version harvester_local_overwrite: hal_url harvester_local_overwrite: hal_passwd oai_lastmod: 2025-01-31T10:25:09Z oai_set: tse site: ut1 hal_id: hal-04934920 hal_passwd: #h693g hal_version: 1 hal_url: https://hal.science/hal-04934920 citation: Bacha, Radia, Gasmi, Farid and Metevier, Samantha (2024) Broadband adoption in Algeria and the structural determinants of its pace. Telecommunications Policy, vol. 48 (n° 6).