info: Volume 5 Issue 5
Table of contents
The role for satellites in the WSIS action plan
Keith BernardThe particular dimensions of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) action plan that are intended to close the infrastructure shortcomings of the digital divide can…
The challenges of regulating the Web
Thomas Hart, Gerhard RolletschekAlthough the debate about Internet governance has cooled off as the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)’s ambitions have narrowed, there remains a broad…
The digital divide and the competitive behaviour of Internet backbone providers: Part 1 – issues and arguments
Daniel RosemanAgainst the background of international telecommunications liberalization and declining settlement payments for many developing countries, charging arrangements for Internet…
Competition in the local loop: unbundling or unbungling?
John UreUnbundling has been the widely adopted regulatory solution to introducing competition in the local loop. But what is the aim of unbundling? Is it an end in itself, or a means to…
Deep but divisive integration: the USA and Japanese telecommunications policy in the Internet age
William J. DrakeWhat are US policymakers, stakeholders, and analysts thinking about the state of US‐Japanese telecommunications policy relations? What are their top priorities for the years…