Trends in Telecommunication Reform 2006
Regulating in the Broadband World
The 7th edition of Trends in Telecommunication Reform examines the regulatory challenges and opportunities of enabling ICT development. The report provides regulators with tools they can use to promote effective and innovative development and use of ICTs in a competitive environment. This report provides an overview of developments in the ICT sector, specifically focusing on broadband, its advent, the technologies, the role of the regulator in broadband development, broadband spectrum management, voice over IP (VoIP) regulation, international efforts to combat spam (including a model law and enforceable code of conduct), and identifies best practices. The report is structured into eight chapters.
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Understanding broadband technologies
Each wave of technological development offers new promise in the battle to bridge the Digital Divide. Most new technologies are cheaper to deploy than legacy copper networks, and at the same time, they can deliver a full range of ICT services, from voice to broadband applications and services. Many new technologies can also be deployed incrementally, even locally, rather than on the large scale of traditional tele com mu ni cation networks.
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