info: Volume 2 Issue 3
Table of contents
Telecommunications in Europe: Quo vadis?
Colin Blackman, Paul Nihoul, Robert QueckReviews the articles up‐coming in this special issue of Info. Looks at the opening up of the European telecommunication markets and stresses this would not be limited to…
Why must European regulations be reviewed?
Philippe DefraigneIdentifies and outlines four categories of reasons which prompted a review of European Union telecommunications regulation and also the inputs, regulatory principles and timescale…
Access and interconnection
Peter ScottAddresses the issues of access and interconnection and establishes that their regulation is designed to ensure interoperability and effective competition, and therefore a new…
Access provisions in European communications and the 1999 review
Luigi Prosperetti, Martin CaveEvaluates the Commission’s 1999 Review, focusing on competition issues relating to access to networks. Notes the review’s revised proposals in relation to regulatory obligations…
Universal service: some observations relating to future European debates
Jean‐Marie CheffertSuggests not to rely on the subsidiarity principle in some of these practical matters showing too much subsidiarity, could damage European competition, thereby preventing member…
The future of national telecommunications regulatory authorities
Robert QueckConsiders the future of telecommunications’ national regulatory authorities (NRAs), by way of analysing the European telecommunications regulatory framework. Examines the…
Convergence between fixed and mobile communications
Eric Van HeesveldeIdentifies the fixed/mobile communications convergence phenomenon, which characterizes the telecommunications market technologically and commercially, and analyses the regulatory…
Distinguishing between industry policy and “industrial policy”: a view from Asia
Peter Lovelock, John UreProvides a snapshot of how the themes of convergence, competition and forthcoming communication services, as raised in the European Commissions’ review, are playing out across…
The EU’s 1999 communication review: an American perspective
Chad DamroHighlights selected issues, co‐ordination costs, information, radio spectrum and universal service, and goes on to assess the impact of the EU’s Review on international…
A measured proposal: future actions following the Microsoft anti‐trust decision
Simon ForgeIndicates a way forward, using some of the lessons from adjacent technology sectors. Focuses on the current US Department of Justice Anti‐Trust division’s arguments and proposals…
Transforming network interconnection and transport
Douglas A. GalbiArgues regulations should establish a geographically comprehensive lattice of competing, independently owned, network interconnection points from which telephony operators are…
1999 Review: towards a new regulatory framework
Joachim SchererBriefly outlines the background to the 1999 Review. Attempts to explore some of the regulatory options for the future legal framework at EU level. Examines the regulatory goals…