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Universal service can be a good solution for information differences brought by the digital divide among different countries and regions. Yet in the world, modern telecommunication technology is experiencing a great revolution, the “digital divide” has begun to be "broadband divide", and this makes the universal service also produce a corresponding change and development. Therefore, this article would use the methods of contrast, induction and deduction to analyze different cases, combined with the view of broadband penetration, access and convergence of the three-network. Finally, we propose a new definition &standard of universal service for China, and we also make several suggestions about amendment and supplement on the category &scope change of universal service, which is based on our new definition.
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Li, Y., Tang, S. (2011). New Definition and Related Research of Telecommunication Universal Service under the Broadband Divide Phenomenon in China. In: Zhou, Q. (eds) Advances in Applied Economics, Business and Development. ISAEBD 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 209. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23020-2_30
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