info: Volume 1 Issue 3

Access to the copper loop and availability of high bandwidth services

David Edmonds

Focuses on issues restricting providers of new services from using BT’s cooper loop, which is the most likely source of supply to residential and SME markets via enhanced DSL…

Telecom demonopolization: why did India get it so wrong?

T.H. Chowdary

Discusses India’s bungling of telecom reform (demonopolization) and answers the question of how India got it wrong, and what to do in the future to put it right. Looks at how the…

Last days of the free ride? The consequences of settlement‐based interconnection for the Internet

Rob Frieden

Tracks the evolution of Internet interconnection and charging arrangements, drawing comparisons with telecommunication carriers’ arrangements. Focuses on how pricing arrangements…

Telcos take over the world?

Peter Curwen

Examines data demonstrating how the telecoms industry is affected by takeovers, mergers and stake acquisition. Catalogues the ability of companies to use cash instead of stock in…

The road ahead: towards third generation mobile telecommunications

Harald Gruber, Marion Hoenicke

Unravels the main points of the mobile telecoms industry that are likeliest to change, discussing prospects for diffusion of third generation technology. Illustrates the main…

Good governance in the age of cyberspace

Klaus W. Grewlich

Argues a common framework is needed to help e‐commerce stakeholders implement high quality governance in the emerging global information society. Considers essentials for good…

Employment in the information age: information technology and information work

Stana B. Martin

Examines information work changes in relation to investment in IT, from 1970‐1995. States IT’s tend to render routine information handling occupations redundant while…