Governance of Communication Networks

1. Introduction
Brigitte Preissl

Part 1:.Regulation: Making Networked Systems Function

2. Rewriting U.S. Telecommunications Law with an Eye on Europe
James B. Speta

3. A Quadratic Method for Evaluating the New Hungarian Act on Electronic Communications with Respect to the Policy and Regulatory Objectives
Gyula Sallai

4. The Status of Regulation and Competition in Poland in the Advent of the Accession to the EU
Jerzy Kubasik

5. Regulatory Framework and Industry Clockspeed
Jarkko Vesa

Part 2:.Technical Aspects and Standardisation

6. A Comparison of ENUM Field Trials
Dieter Elixmann, Annette Hillebrand, Ralf G. Schäfer

7. 3G: Standardisation in a Techno-Economic Perspective
Anders Henten, Dan Saugstrup

8. Architectural, Functional and Technical Foundations of Digital Rights Management Systems
Vural Ünlü, Thomas Hess

Part 3:.Making the Market Fly: Critical Mass and Universal Service

9. Service Universalisation in Latin America: Network Evolution and Strategies
Arturo Robles Rovalo, José Luis Gómez Barroso, Claudio Feijóo González

10. Sustainability of Community Online Access Centres
Peter Farr, Franco Papandrea

11. The SMS Bandwagon in Norway: What Made the Market?
Kjetil Andersson, Øystein Foros, Frode Steen

12. How to Achieve the Goal of Broadband for All
Morten Falch, Dan Saugstrup, Markus Schneider

13. Estimating the Demand for Voice over IP Services: A Contingent Valuation Approach
Paul Rappoport, Lester D. Taylor, James Alleman

Part 4:.Integrating Citizens and Consumers in the Information Economy Master Plan

14. The Transformation of Media — Economic and Social Implications
Benedikt Walter, Oliver Quiring

15. Pluralism in Digital Broadcasting: Myths, Realities and the Boundaries of EU Action
Monica Ariño

16. New Perspectives on Mobile Service Development
Jan Edelmann, Jouni Koivuniemi, Fredrik Hacklin, Richard Stevens

17. “I-Mode” in Japan: How to Explain Its Development
Arnd Weber, Bernd Wingert

18. Demand for Internet Access and Use in Spain
Leonel Cerno, Teodosio Pérez Amaral

Part 5:.Integration of Markets

19. European Integration and Telecommunication Productivity Convergence
Elisa Battistoni, Domenico Campisi, Paolo Mancuso

20. Investment by Telecommunications Operators and Economic Growth — A Fenno-Scandinavian Perspective
Tom Björkroth

21. European Union Mobile Telecommunications in the Context of Enlargement
Jason Whalley, Peter Curwen

22. Fourier-based Study of the Oscillatory Behaviour of the Telecommunications Industry
Federico Kuhlmann, Maria Elena Algorri, Christian N. Holschneider Flores

23. The CAPEX-to-SALES TRAP
Matthias Pohler, Jens Grübling

24. Modelling Regulatory Distortions with Real Options: An Extension
James Alleman, Paul Rappoport

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Keywords: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management Science BUS042000