Category Archives: policy

Mar 25 2013

Fourth LSE Network Economy Forum: 25 March 2013

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Posted in: Carla Bonina, convergence, Europe, innovation, internet, internet economics, LSE Tech, NEF, policy, regulation, Research, Telecoms

Fourth LSE Network Economy Forum: Policies for a sustainable telecommunications and internet sector in Europe 25 March 2013 – London School of Economics In our fourth (invitation-only) forum, we bring together a small number of well-informed and influential people from … Continue reading →

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Mar 18 2013

The Internet Post-Dubai

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Posted in: broadband, convergence, digital economy, Europe, ICT, internet, internet economics, Jonathan Liebenau, LSE Tech, policy, Telecoms, Workshop briefing

Jonathan Liebenau participated at a high-level workshop in Rome on 8 March hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Alleanza per Internet. Read Jonathan Liebenau‘s reflections on the workshop and his own contributions to the debate.   On March … Continue reading →

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Mar 14 2013

Near Field Communications [NFC]: Privacy, Regulation, and Business Models

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Posted in: business models, digital economy, innovation, Jonathan Liebenau, LSE Tech, Patrik Karrberg, policy, privacy, regulation, Research, Silvia Elaluf-Calderwood

LSE Tech has been engaged over the past few years in numerous projects that have been supported by public and private organizations. One of these studies is on near field communications [NFC] in partnership with Nokia and completed in 2012. … Continue reading →

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Mar 11 2013

Ofcom’s plans to promote ‘participation’, but whose and in what?

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Posted in: broadband, internet, LSE Media Policy Project, media, Peter Lunt, policy, regulation, Sonia Livingstone, Telecoms

The consultation on Ofcom’s Draft Annual Plan 2013/14 ended on Friday 22 February. LSE’s Sonia Livingstone and Peter Lunt of the University of Leicester point out that despite a stated focus on “participation” and the “citizen interest” the plan needs … Continue reading →

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Mar 7 2013

EU Telecoms Competition and Regulation: Paradoxes of Subsidiary and a Single Digital Market

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Posted in: broadband, convergence, digital economy, Europe, innovation, internet, internet economics, Jonathan Liebenau, LSE Tech, policy, regulation, Research, Silvia Elaluf-Calderwood, Telecoms

In a previous post, we addressed that the recent massive expansion of online services and mobile applications puts pressure on EU’s traditional telecoms to reassess their business structures.  Silvia Elaluf-Calderwood and Jonathan Liebenau reflect on the importance of a well-functioning … Continue reading →

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Mar 4 2013

Usage Costs, Interconnection, and Regulation: remarks from Bill Lehr

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Posted in: broadband, internet, internet economics, LSE Tech, MIT, NEF, policy, pricing, regulation, Research, Telecoms, William Lehr

William Lehr, Research Associate in the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at the MIT provides a summary of points made during his participation in the Interconnection Workshop hosted by the LSE Network Economy Forum on 11 January 2013. … Continue reading →

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Feb 26 2013

Economics of the cloud: Employment effects in two exemplary sectors in the USA, the UK, Germany and Italy

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Posted in: Cloud computing, convergence, digital economy, employment, ICT, internet economics, Jonathan Liebenau, LSE Tech, Patrik Karrberg, policy, pricing, productivity, Research

It is commonly felt that cloud computing will bring changes to information handling practices with widespread effects on organizational structures and strategies. In this post, Jonathan Liebenau and Patrik Karrberg show how better models to assess the economic effects of … Continue reading →

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Feb 21 2013

European Internet Traffic: Indicator of Growth and Competition in Digital Services – A summary

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Posted in: broadband, convergence, digital economy, Europe, internet, internet economics, Jonathan Liebenau, LSE Tech, Patrik Karrberg, policy, Research, Silvia Elaluf-Calderwood

In a recent blog, LSE Tech argued that the European telecommunication sector’s business structure is experiencing significant challenges. Here, Patrik Karrberg, Jonathan Liebenau and Silvia Elaluf-Calderwood takes one step further by looking at the current dynamics of the internet routing … Continue reading →

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Feb 18 2013

Media Policy in 2013: reflections from a policy workshop held at LSE

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Posted in: digital economy, ICT, innovation, internet, LSE Media Policy Project, LSE Tech, policy, regulation, Telecoms, Workshop briefing

In this post, the Media Policy Project @LSE provides a summary of the main points raised in a brainstorming workshop held at the LSE in early February. The purpose of the workshop was to discuss the major media policy issues for … Continue reading →

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Feb 12 2013

A Pricing Proposal: Regulation, nonlinear pricing and self-selecting tariffs

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Posted in: ICT, James Alleman, NEF, policy, pricing, regulation, Research, Telecoms

In this post, James Alleman focuses on the negative welfare effects of the typical pricing structures found in the ICT sector. To enhance welfare, the author suggests, regulators should require ICT firms to bill their consumers the “best” price structure … Continue reading →

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