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... chain Video distribution Internet Over‐the‐top Regulation Transparency No blocking Managed services Europe United States of America New powerful players from other markets have entered the market for video distribution. Two well‐known examples are Apple and Google. Apple has...

... 2012 Birds Death Communications Laws United States of America The US contains more than a hundred thousand communications towers, and scientists and government officials estimate that millions of birds are killed every year when they fly into those towers (Rappaport Clark, 2000...

..., their operating performance would improve. Has this occurred? Sumit K. Majumdar can be contacted at: majumdar@utdallas.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Economic performance Regulation Telecommunications United States of America Acquisitions and mergers Telecommunications...

.... The benefits of the cost reductions, price reductions and increased connectivity will be magnified by a process of increasing returns. Sumit K. Majumdar can be contacted at: Majumdar@utdallas.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Economic performance Telecommunications United States...

... performance (Goolsbee and Guryan, 2006), and the requirement to filter content on E‐Rate supported networks (Villano, 2008 ; Stomberg, 2004). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Schools Education Internet Financing United States of America rural rich (Wyoming, Alaska); rural...

... Internet Legal systems United States of America As we approach the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the international treaty that ended the First Great Cyberwar Era, it seems worth marking the event with a reflection on the steps taken and the extent those actions remain applicable today...

...). Several weeks later I was on the FCC payroll and tasked with implementing these plans. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Regulation Wireless United States of America As I got more involved with existing policies at FCC it became clear that spectrum regulations are generally...

.... The FCC could either help, hinder, or get out of the way. Charlie Ferris and the other six FCC Commissioners were firmly on the side of helping. But how was that to be accomplished? © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Regulation Government policy Telecommunications United States...

... policy European Union United States of America The aim of this paper is to put the concept of universal service into a geographical and historical perspective. This concept (or quasi‐concept) looks “universal”, so to speak, but is grounded in different legal and economic traditions on either side...

... interest Mobile communication systems United States of America The history of public service telecommunications is largely, but not exclusively, an American history. More than ever, it is necessary to consider the telecommunications landscape in a global context, especially if we look...

... part of the doctrine of laissez‐nous‐faire. Michael A. Bernstein can be contacted at: mbernstein@ucsd.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 United States of America Economic history For approximately 50 years, spanning from the interwar era of the twentieth...

... direct circuits between the United States of America and any point on the globe” [7] . Here then was the beginning of the campaign for free flow of information – linked very closely with the expansion of US telecommunications companies. Even after Fly's resignation, his successors continued to press...

... organizations United States of America Nevertheless, frustration at being unable even to reach vital policy issues was being deeply coded into the experience of state regulators. Obstacles were both numerous and basic, as regulators learned through recurrent engagements with “the telephone company...

... Telecommunications Cable television Regulation United States of America It seems unlikely that the telecommunications companies – the owners of the cable and telephone infrastructures on which the digital broadband migration is taking place – are going to want to make their systems so unattractive...

... plus seven commercial TV stations in Los Angeles, for failing to open‐caption their programming (closed‐captioning had not yet begun) (Firestone, 1987 ; Widdifield, 1985). History Television Deaf people Public sector organizations Regulation United States of America Even...

... coverage. Damian Tambini can be contacted at: damian.tambini@csls.ox.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Digital communications systems Television systems Europe United States of America Japan The transition to digital television at present is largely...

... Case studies Public sector organizations United States of America Public information infrastructures (PII) refer to “uneven overlaying of new, customized, high performance urban infrastructures onto the apparently immanent, universal and (usually) public monopoly networks” (Graham, 2000 , p...

... international termination rates at the border; 3. Telmex is a “major supplier;” and 4. Mexico has not taken actions to ensure that interconnection with Telmex is provided on terms and conditions that are cost‐oriented and reasonable. Mexico United States of America Telecommunications Trade...

... of roaming from networks in the USA to those in Europe and elsewhere in the world even if they could. The case study that follows explains why this problem has arisen, how things stand currently and how it may eventually be resolved. Telecommunications Mobile communication systems United States...