info: Volume 3 Issue 5
Table of contents
Regulating in an imperfect world: building independence through legitimacy
Rohan SamarajivaDiscusses telecommunication regulatory agencies, which have multiplied worldwide. Proclaims the new regulators can win effective independence and position themselves as exemplars…
Managing spectrum efficiently: a review for the UK government
Rohan SamarajivaRecognizes significant constraints that the UK’s international obligations as a member of the International Telecommunications Union and the European Conference of Post and…
Spectrum property rights
Peter CurwenPosits when someone gets a spectrum licence, they are almost guaranteed that the market structure of the service provided will be frozen for a certain period. Suggest a new system…
An analysis of recent structural and strategic issues in telecommunications
Peter CurwenSeeks to explain why key aspects of the current turmoil in the telecommunications sector is not simply the fact that, both structures and strategies are changing unusually…
A reform agenda for the new FCC
Randolph J. MaySheds light on the “new” Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and its opportunity to fashion an Agenda for Reform to fulfil the 1999 Act’s vision. Submits that since the…
The diffusion of information technology in Europe
Harald GruberTries to unravel some main issues in the debate about whether Europe lags behind the USA in the IT revolution. Discusses also the supply and demand aspects of IT, following up…