Description Michael Klein and Philip Gray. (1997). Competition in Network Industries— Where and How to Introduce It. This Note outlines the opportunities for introducing network competition—competition for the market, competition over existing networks, and competition among networks. It briefly considers in each case whether regulation will still be necessary and whether it will become easier or more complicated. It looks at how these opportunities could be applied in different networks. And it concludes with some basic guidelines for introducing competition.

Description ITU. (2000). Fixed-Mobile Interconnection Workshop — Itu New Initiatives Programme. Most ITU Member States are witnessing a veritable explosion in cellular mobile services. The fast growth of mobile networks has led to almost half the calling opportunities in the worldwide telecommunication network of networks being related to mobile lines. By 2003, that number will have reached more than three-quarters.

Description James Bond. (1997). The Drivers of the Information Revolution—Cost, Computing Power, and Convergence. In the past few years, there has been a technological phase-shift as computers have become ubiquitous, communications technologies have multiplied, and the Internet has become a widely used means of doing business. The three most powerful trends driving these developments are the decline in the cost of transmitting information, the increase in the power of computing, and the shift from analog to digital information technologies that has joined the telecommunications and computing industries and merged market segments of the information industry. This Note explains these three trends.

Description Peter Smith. (1997). What the Transformation of Telecom Markets Means for Regulation. In most countries, telecommunications regulators no longer regulate a static, monopolistic industry that provides essentially a single product, telephone service, but a dynamic, multiproduct, multioperator industry. In this respect, the telecommunications regulator is way ahead of its peers in other utility sectors in moving from a monopolistic to a competitive market. This environment is a fast-changing and an increasingly complex one where regulators face reduced scope for discretionary decisions. This Note explores the implications for the regulatory agenda.

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Description Carlos A. Primo Braga and Carsten Fink. (1997). The Private Sector and the Internet. This article briefly reviews the history of the Internet and its evolution from an academic experiment into the main application behind the emerging global information infrastructure. It discusses the role of the private sector in these developments and the regulatory environment required for the Internet to fulfill its promise.

Description Richard Hill and JohnWatkinson. (1999). White Paper Telecommunications Disputes: Specificities, Problems, and Solutions. The purpose of this work is to give explanatory material and guidance to those interested in methods for avoiding and resolving disputes in the telecommunications sector. By dispute, we mean any type of dispute in the sector and not only disputes before courts or arbitrators. We include a broad range of dispute avoidance and resolution methods, including negotiation, partnering, mediation, arbitration, and so forth.