This article by Brian Williamson, on the tension between independent regulation and policy aspirations for outcomes in telecommunications markets, was published in InterMEDIA, an International Institute of Communications publication, in October 2017.
The next generation of low-earth-orbit satellites being launched by SpaceX and others could have multiple implications for telecoms, providing low latency ubiquitous broadband and space-based IoT. This short note discusses these issues.
Robin Foster gave this presentation to Ofcom's seminar on spectrum management (2 October 2013). In it he sets the potential for increasing the importance of market mechanisms in spectrum allocation over the next decade.
Robert Kenny and Claire Milne have published a paper (funded by Vodafone) looking at the drivers of Digital Exclusion in the UK, and mobile's relevance as a tool to help people get online.
Several developments in the market, including the the general transition to a 'mobile first' internet and the increasing proportion of those offline who currently have limited interest in getting online, suggest that new tools, and in particular mobile, will be important for addressing Digital Exclusion.
In this report for Deutsche Telekom, Brian Williamson sets out the case for a 'fibre to 5G' (ft5g) vision, instead of an overly narrow and backwards looking focus on fibre all the way to the home.
Application providers are already taking a 'mobile first' approach, and those interested in telecoms networks should shift their attention to providing ubiquitous wireless connectivity.
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