info: Volume 2 Issue 2
Table of contents
The evolution of US telecommunications infrastructure
Alan McAdams, Jean Camp, Shastri DivakaruniProvides an introductory piece for a three‐day workshop (and this special issue) by the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers – United States Activities Board…
The role of optical fibre in future networks
Technology Task Group 1Based on work by Technology Task Group 1 (TTE‐1) for the IEEE‐USA/Cornell workshop on US telecommunications’ evolution. States the task group’s activity focused on local access…
The potential for hybrid fibre coax technology
Technology Task Group 2Explores the development of hybrid fibre coax technology and the potential for HFC technology, in providing customers, over the next decade, with almost unlimited service options…
Wireless technologies and infrastructures for subscriber access
Technology Task Group 3Addresses the current state of the art of wireless technologies and infrastructures, projects where the field will be in the next decade, and discusses some of the challenges that…
Broad bandwidth through DSL
Technology Task Group 4Based on the work of TTG‐4, which defined and identified the various configurations, characteristics and patterns of deployment of broad bandwidth through DSL technology. Looks at…
The world in 2010: the all fibre scenario
Alan K. McAdamsCreates a future history of the evolution of the US telecommunications network infrastructure, by combining a scenario approach with the tool of concept mapping to explain how…
The world in 2010: many new entrants
Jean CampThe future scenario presented in this article offers a view of true facilities‐based competition in 2010. By this date, the continued investment in infrastructure development had…
Laissez faire or pluralism: telecommunications infrastructure in 2010
Bernice K. McIntyreDiscusses relative merits and demerits of two scenarios developed for the IEEE‐USA/Cornell workshop. Gives the public’s view and warns against underestimating the need for…
Ubiquitous infrastructure policy issues
T.J. TalleyStates the expansion of nuclear power after World War II promised the abundant generation of electricity that would be so cheap, no one would have to pay for it. Posits that…
Telecommunications competition in 2010
Jon M. PehaDiscusses some views of the telecommunications sector in 2010, and some of the critical decisions that will shape it. Shows that any attempt to describe the state of competition…
Whose turn to play catch up? A view from the outside
Colin BlackmanResponds to two scenarios describing how the USA telecommunications infrastructure could develop over the next decade from a non‐US perspective. Insists companies in Europe are…