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[...]... time of rapid evolution of the mobile technologies The NGMNs require a new distinctive regulatory and policy framework which will deal explicitly with the issues and opportunities of the next phase of wireless technologies Regulation evolves and its evolution is the result and the impetus of change of the telecommunications industry structure and performance As the industry becomes more mature and incumbents... highlight the main arguments and the richness of ideas about the new issues which arise from the evolving structure of the global telecommunications industry and the role of regulation The 15 papers from the conference have been peer reviewed and they meet the stringent criteria of the scientific papers and those of Edward Elgar Publishing We are grateful to the publisher and particularly to Alan Sturner... that the separated network could act in the interests of all its customers, internal and 14 Regulation and the evolution of the global telecoms industry external, and not in the interest of its parent company BT’s separation was driven by the need to incorporate EU directives into the UK regulatory framework, the failure of competition to develop as anticipated in the UK, and the establishment of Ofcom... reflected both the change and the continuity: The Changing Structure of the Telecommunications Industry and the New Role of Regulation The conference was a significant success The theme attracted a large amount of submissions In fact, it drew one of the largest pool of submissions to an ITS conference ever, and the was one of the largest ITS conferences ever from all over the world Conference evaluations... changing industry structure and for new roles of regulation The editors and the contributors are to be congratulated for a timely book Erik Bohlin ITS Chair Professor, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden xvii Evolving technologies, competition and the new role of regulation: introduction and synopsis of the book Anastassios Gentzoglanis and Anders Henten Regulation of the telecommunications industry. .. based analyses of the tenability of the theory Moreover, the chapter introduces the issue of intermodal or interplatform competition Even though this issue is not 4 Regulation and the evolution of the global telecoms industry absent per se from the LoI theory, nonetheless, when debating LoI, there is a tendency to confine it within a single type of access network The chapter by Gentzoglanis and Aravantinos... competitive On the contrary, the very existence of price differentiation indicates that the telecommunications industry is indeed competitive Without it, prices 8 Regulation and the evolution of the global telecoms industry would have been quite low, making the provision of new services a losing opportunity inviting exit from the industry and an ultimate reduction in the number of firms in the industry (less... abandoned wholesale regulation (the case of the USA) and some others have shifted from light-handed regulation to heavy-handed regulation with mandatory unbundling of the local loop (the case of Australia) Other regulatory agencies have moved to a more gradual type of wholesale deregulation on the grounds that competition in this segment of the market has not yet fully developed, but as it grows the. .. institute of the International University of Japan), and a Visiting Fellow of the University of Southern California’s Center for Communication Law and Policy He is co-editor for public policy and regulation for IEEE Communications Magazine He served on the board of the American Registry of Internet Numbers (ARIN) from 2000 to 2002, and on the Meetings and Conference Board of the Institute of Electrical and. .. the Directorate of Science, Technology and Industry at the OECD He has specialized in telecommunication policy and regulation Foreword TELUS is very proud to have been the corporate host, along with the Université de Sherbrooke as the academic host, of the 17th Biennial Conference of the International Telecommunications Society (ITS): The Changing Structure of the Telecommunications Industry and the . alt="" Regulation and the Evolution of the Global Telecommunications Industry To my mother and the memory of my father who provided encouragement and guidance. is Chair of the International viii Regulation and the evolution of the global telecoms industry Telecommunications Society and Chief Editor of Telecommunications