... time, it has concentrated its operations on the latter region. Secondly, Millicom has widened its operational remit to include more lines of business. This reflects the converged strategy that has been adopted in Latin America, where it is now active in cable and mobile telecommunication markets...

...; and modification in the framework to cater to convergence of telecom and broadcasting. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on literature review of research papers, secondary research and documents published by the regulators of the five countries. The research methodology used is qualitative...

...Anders Henten; Rohan Samarajiva; William Melody This article critically examines the multiple rationales for telecom, IT, media convergence regulation, on the one hand, and multisector utility regulation, on the other, and the practical questions of implementation they pose, with a view...

...T.H. Chowdary Communications technology Convergence India T.H. Chowdary Information Technology Advisor to the Goverment of Andhra Pradesh and Director of the Center for Telecom Management and Studies, Hyderabad, India. E-mail: thc@satyam.com Keywords: Communications...

... Lam is based at the Department of Business Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China. Keywords: Internet, Communications, Convergence, Mergers, Stock markets Abstract: The Internet bubble that formed at the turn of the century stimulated the prices...

...Peter Curwen Sets out to debate the declaration “contest is king” in the context of the bid for Mannesmann by Vodafone AirTouch, discussing the somewhat imprecise concepts of convergence and multimedia. Concentrates also, on a previously unanswered question – with regard to rate of exchange between...

...Chad Damro Highlights selected issues, co‐ordination costs, information, radio spectrum and universal service, and goes on to assess the impact of the EU’s Review on international competition and convergence. Summarizes that the future outlined in the review obliges continuing efforts to harmonize...

...Eric Van Heesvelde Identifies the fixed/mobile communications convergence phenomenon, which characterizes the telecommunications market technologically and commercially, and analyses the regulatory consequences of convergence. Pinpoints the task of the regulator as being to be simultaneously...

...Pradip Bhatnagar Examines the impact of convergence on the various rules and agreements, administered by the WTO and vice versa. Concludes there is need to review provisions of some rules administered by the WTO to enable the multilateral trading system to deal adequately with convergence...

... and industry standard settings, and further discusses public policy concern. Concludes that it may be cautionable to pursue narrower objectives in the communications industry – especially where other declarations of public policy are feasible. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Convergence Digital mapping...