Competition, Regulation, and Convergence: Current Trends in Telecommunications Policy Research

by Gillett; Sharon E.

• ISBN13: 9780805834840
• ISBN10: 0805834842
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-09-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The current state of research in telecommunications policy, covering competition, regulation, and integration of media carriers. For scholars, policy makers, and businesspeople involved with future direction and policy decisions in telecommunications

Author Biography

Debra J. Aron: LECG, Inc. Timothy J. Brennan: University of Maryland, Baltimore Arturo Briceno: OSIPTEL, Peru David D. Clark: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Thomas A. Downes: Tufts University Scott C. Forbes: Pennsylvania State University Daniel Fryxell: Carnegie Mellon University David Gabel: Queens College Sharon Eisner Gillett: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Shane M. Greenstein: Northwestern University Heather E. Hudson: University of San Francisco Junseok Hwang: University of Pittsburgh Scott K. Kennedy: Independent Analyst, Florence, MA Thomas Kiessling: Harvard University William Lehr: Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Columbia University Lawrence Lessig: Harvard Law School Viktor Mayer-Schonberger: University of Vienna, Austria, and Harvard University Paul Milgrom: Stanford University Bridger M. Mitchell: Charles River Associates Milton Mueller: Syracuse University Paul Resnick: University of Michigan Jorge Reina Schement: Pennsylvania State University Marvin Sirbu: Carnegie Mellon University P. Srinagesh: Charles River Associates Ingo Vogelsang: Boston University Kanchana Wanichkorn: Carnegie Mellon University Jonathan Weinberg: Wayne State University Martin B. H. Weiss: University of Pittsburgh Steven S. Wildman: Northwestern University and LECG, Inc.

Table of Contents

Authors	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
Preface	xi
Benjamin M. Compaine
Jorge Reina Schement
Introduction	xiii
Ingo Vogelsang
Sharon Eisner Gillett
I Competition
Effecting a Price Squeeze Through Bundled Pricing	1	(18)
Debra J. Aron
Steven S. Wildman
Combination Bidding in Spectrum Auctions	19	(8)
Paul Milgrom
Regulating Anticompetitive Behavior in the Internet Market: An Applied Imputation Model for Peru	27	(24)
Arturo Briceno
Trademarks and Domain Names: Property Rights and Institutional Evolution in Cyberspace	51	(22)
Milton Mueller
II Regulation
An Economic Analysis of Telephone Number Portability	73	(12)
P. Srinagesh
Bridger M. Mitchell
Promoting Telephone Competition---A Simpler Way	85	(20)
Timothy J. Brennan
Telecommunication Regulation in the United States and Europe: The Case for Centralized Authority	105	(16)
William Lehr
Thomas Kiessling
Operator, Please Give Me Information: The European Union Directive on Data Protection in Telecommunications	121	(16)
Viktor Mayer-Schonberger
The Architectures of Mandated Access Controls	137	(22)
Lawrence Lessig
Paul Resnick
Beyond Infrastructure: A Critical Assessment of GII Initiatives	159	(20)
Heather E. Hudson
III Universal Service
The Persistent Gap in Telecommunications: Toward Hypothesis and Answers	179	(16)
Jorge Reina Schement
Scott C. Forbes
Do Commercial ISPs Provide Universal Access?	195	(18)
Thomas A. Downes
Shane M. Greenstein
Proxy Models and the Funding of Universal Service	213	(22)
David Gabel
Scott K. Kennedy
IV Convergence
Internet Telephony or Circuit Switched Telephony: Which Is Cheaper?	235	(20)
Martin B. H. Weiss
Junseok Hwang
An IP-based Local Access Network: Economic and Public Policy Analysis	255	(28)
Daniel Fryxell
Marvin Sirbu
Kanchana Wanichkorn
Implications of Local Loop Technology for Future Industry Structure	283	(14)
David D. Clark
The Internet and ``Telecommunications Services,'' Access Charges, Universal Service Mechanisms and Other Flotsam of the Regulatory System	297	(20)
Jonathan Weinberg
Author Index	317
Subject Index