info: Volume 5 Issue 2
Table of contents
Issues in the mass market deployment of broadband: An analysis of British Telecommunications’ (BT) strategy
Colin TurnerThis article examines the changing pattern for strategic deployment of broadband by BT. BT’s initial attempts to deploy the technology through its ISP failed due to key commercial…
The FCC and the Internet’s challenges to traditional regulatory policy
John B. Meisel, Stanford L. LevinThe United States Federal Communications Commission has taken action or is considering taking action on several controversial issues that arise from the growth of the Internet. In…
Electronic commerce: A regional approach
Karen Coppock, Colin MaclayDuring the months of May and June of 2002, interviews and surveys were conducted with over 30 high‐level private, public, academic and non‐profit sector leaders from around the…
Mobile communication from voice to data: A morphological analysis
Gerard Bloch‐Morhange, Emilio FontelaThe analysis of characteristic dimensions of the mobile‐communications system has been based in the interaction between technological performance (characteristics of the different…
Post‐war telecommunications reform in Lebanon: Trends and challenges
Dima JamaliTraditionally, telecommunications was one of the economic sectors with the highest level of state ownership and activity. However, overwhelming pressures for change in this field…
Location and personal information for direct marketing: Third generation killer application
Carlos Rodríguez CasalThis work shows the evolution regarding regulation of location services in both the USA and the EU. The article explains why these services were first regulated and the regulation…