A new future for telecommunications policy: Learning from past mistakes
By Elliot Maxwell
August 2, 2005
November 2005 | EPI Working Paper #274
A new future for telecommunications
policy
Learning from past mistakes
This report uses the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to make the case for the urgent need to develop a new telecom policy paradigm. Maxwell suggests that broadband offers opportunities to expand services, applications, and content, but is hampered by outdated regulations. He outlines possibilities for a new model of regulations that fosters competition in all layers and encourages entry and investment, while making technology available to the underserved and in rural areas.
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