info: Volume 1 Issue 6
Table of contents
The 1999 communications review: improving Europe’s competitive position
Jean‐Eric de CockborneProvides and overview of the European Commission’s review of electronic communications, sketching out how the regulatory framework will evolve. Sums up that the Commission wants…
The future is bright, the future is mobile
Michael Minges, Laura Männistö, Tim KellyDiscusses the supply of mobile services, regulatory issues, questions of access to mobile services, pricing trends and the future for this sector. Provides a snapshot of the…
ICANN and Internet governance: sorting through the debris of “self‐regulation”
Milton MuellerDiscusses ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), which is a new private corporation for managing Internet domain names and IP addresses, which was created in…
User protection in cyberspace: some recommendations
Sophie Louveaux, Yves Poulett, Anne SalaünMakes recommendations for protecting users in cyberspace, which relate to commercial communications, relationships between the service provider and consumers, and data protection…
The quest for information highways and media convergence in Canada
Dwayne WinseckStudies media convergence in Canada, arguing it has always been a possibility as change is not a consequence of new technologies but a shift from efforts to prevent cross‐media…
Bridging wireless and wired networks: smart phone operating systems, IP convergence and market segmentation
George E. DarbyFocuses on current and near‐term efforts to integrate Web browsing, computing, e‐mail, video telephony and voice telephony in a hand‐held device. Concludes with observations about…