info: Volume 2 Issue 4

3G licence allocation why an auction was best for the UK

Patricia Hewitt

Argues, despite much criticism, that the recently completed auction of 3G mobile services was the best possible basis for successful and early exploitation of 3G technologies in…

Are spectrum auctions ruining our grandchildren’s future?

Martin Cave, Tommaso Valletti

Considers the case for auctioning spectrum and evaluates the charges made by Nicholas Negroporte against the British Government, regarding taxing Internet technology. Argues that…

Access for all? spectrum auctions in the local loop

David Harrington

Suggests an alternative approach based on a proper competitive market spectrum valuation, containing no hint of an additional tax on monopoly rents, and incorporating a…

The e‐volution of the digital divides in the US: a mayhem of competing metrics

R.G. Lentz

Traces the trajectory of the digital divides by focusing on different areas of research that are competing to shape the public policy agenda. Posits that policy should focus at…

Hey presto! how to turn monopoly money into real money with a wave of the magic merger wand

Peter Curwen

Sets out to debate the declaration “contest is king” in the context of the bid for Mannesmann by Vodafone AirTouch, discussing the somewhat imprecise concepts of convergence and…

Implementing regulatory reform for telecommunications: the case of Spain

Patrick Xavier

Examines Spain’s problems in implementing regulatory reform and offers suggestions for addressing them. Hopes to be instructive to other countries embarking on regulatory reform…

Teens on the telephone

Eleanor Wynn, James Katz

Analyses teen phone behaviour – regarding conversational skills among some boys with girls. Reveals some interesting household co‐ordination and parental supervision issues around…