November 15, 2001 -
The New State of Competition in the Telecommunications
Industry
Industry experts at this NMRC roundtable event agreed that new competition to traditional landline services is changing the landscape of the
telecommunications market. Dr. Rob Atkinson, Director of the Technology & New Economy Project at the Progressive Policy Institute, moderated the panel
featuring Dr. Joe Kraemer, LECG, Gary Arlen, Arlen Communications and Philip Richards, Insight Research.
[ Transcript of Event ]
[ Media Coverage ]
June 18, 2001 -
The New Global Telecommunications Industry & Consumers |
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This report, edited by Jorge Schement, Ph.D., Penn State University, brings together leading experts - business and social observers - to sift through
the data, analyze the findings, and compare notes on the rapid evolution of telecommunications networks. Each contributor examines a key facet of the
proliferation of global networks in order to determine how those in language free of the usual opaque jargon that industry outsiders often find so
indigestible. The result is a comprehensive readable analysis of the dramatic changes driving the telecommunications industry today. |
March 2001-
Bell Break-Up Proposal Raises Concerns For National Telecom Policy, Consumers
Richard D. Taylor, Co-Director, Institute for Information Policy at Penn State University, examines proposals to state regulators and the FCC to split
the operations of the nation's four major providers of local telephone service (the "Baby Bells") into separate wholesale and retail arms, the
so-called "structural separation." Competition is certainly a desirable outcome, but the question is whether adopting this particular proposal will
ultimately help or hurt consumers.
