@conference {3447,
	title = {Comperative analysis of broadband penetration and digital services in South East Europe},
	booktitle = {The 19th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC 2014), Madeira Island, Portugal},
	year = {2014},
	month = {June 23-26},
	abstract = {<p class="rtejustify">Broadband is starting to be deemed by many as a\&nbsp;public utility and several countries have already recognized it as<br />
a civil right. The European Commission (EC) acknowledging the\&nbsp;significance of broadband services for the improvement of citizen\&nbsp;welfare and its economic benefits, has put in place targets for the\&nbsp;diffusion of broadband to all citizens and businesses in the\&nbsp;European Union. This paper, comparatively assesses the current\&nbsp;state of affairs in broadband and digital public services in\&nbsp;selected South East Europe countries in order to identify\&nbsp;weaknesses and highlight strengths and to produce knowledge\&nbsp;resources and provide insights that will support informed\&nbsp;decision making including strategy and policy planning. It builds\&nbsp;on three surveys that took place in the second quarter of 2013\&nbsp;and evidence gathered from seven South East Europe countries.</p>
},
	author = {K Antonis and Christos Bouras and D Elia and A. Di Vincenzo and Georgios Diles and Vasileios Kokkinos and A. Koskeris}
}
