Category Archives: Telecoms

Mar 28 2013

Europe’s Internet from a Post-Dubai Perspective

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Posted in: broadband, digital economy, Europe, ICT, innovation, internet, internet economics, Jonathan Liebenau, LSE Tech, LSE Tech public speeches, NEF, regulation, Research, Telecoms

We have recently published a commentary from Jonathan Liebenau after his participation at “Beyond Dubai: a new global agenda for the Internet”, held on March 8th, 2013, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Rome. Read here his keynote speech. … Continue reading →

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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 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 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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Feb 4 2013

A commentary on the European Commission’s “Digital ‘to-do’ list: new digital priorities for 2013-2014”

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

The European Commission has released a new priority list of digital agenda actions, one in a series of a periodic “stock-taking” exercises. In this post, Jonathan Liebenau and Silvia Elaluf-Calderwood review the main points and offer some critical comments on … Continue reading →

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Jan 24 2013

Internet convergence in action: is best effort internet already gone? Lessons from Norway

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Posted in: convergence, digital economy, Europe, Gjermund Hartviksen, Hanne-Stine Hallingby, innovation, internet, regulation, Research, Silvia Elaluf-Calderwood, Telecoms

There has been huge debate on whether the internet should remain as a network that does not differentiate between “levels” of content providers—something that is known as the Best Effort internet. Based on data from Norway, Hanne-Stine Hallingby, Silvia Elaluf-Calderwood … Continue reading →

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