info: Volume 8 Issue 3

Fixed‐mobile convergence

Peter Curwen

The purpose of this paper is to examine the concept of fixed‐mobile convergence (FMC) with a view to assessing when, and in what form, it is likely to make an appearance.

The rain forest and the rock garden: the economic impacts of open source software

Simon Forge

The software industry is rapidly being reformed by the collective development of open, common software – open source software (OSS) – sometimes being free at no charge, but always…

Overview of digital television switchover policy in Europe, the United States and Japan

Maria Trinidad García Leiva, Michael Starks, Damian Tambini

The purpose of this paper is to review current policy and practice in management of analogue‐digital switch in broadcasting.

Future public information infrastructure: lessons from four US case studies

Dong‐Hee Shin, Won‐Yong Kim, Dong‐Hoon Lee

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the current development of public information infrastructure in eastern USA. It proposes discussing lessons learned from four case…

Foreign investment and consolidation in the Brazilian mobile telecommunications market

Marcos Maciel, Jason Whalley, Robert van der Meer

This paper aims to analyse structural changes within the Brazilian mobile telecommunications market. More particularly, the paper aims to highlight why the market was fragmented…

The 1996 Telecommunications Act v.2: will it last any longer than v.1?

Peter Curwen