Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of exhibits
- Preface
- List of abbreviations and acronyms
- Introduction
- 1 Summary of the argument
- 2 The new ICT ecosystem: architectural structure
- 3 The new ICT ecosystem as an innovation system
- 4 The new ICT ecosystem: a quantitative analysis
- 5 Telecoms regulation
- 6 Policy-making for the new ICT ecosystem
- 7 The way forward: the message to policy-makers and regulators
- Appendixes
- 1 The evolution of the new ICT ecosystem, 1945–2007: how innovation drives the system
- 2 European regulation of electronic communications, 1987–2003
- 3 Some problems with the dominant regulatory paradigm in telecoms (DRPT)
- 4 A short introduction to Schumpeterian evolutionary economics
- 5 Other layer models: OSI and TCP/IP
- 6 Content, applications and services: definitions
- 7 Why do US Internet companies dominate in layer 3?
- 8 How did East Asia (Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China) become so strong in layer 1?
- 9 China's telecoms service providers in layer 2
- 10 Companies in our database, by layer
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - European regulation of electronic communications, 1987–2003
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 May 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of exhibits
- Preface
- List of abbreviations and acronyms
- Introduction
- 1 Summary of the argument
- 2 The new ICT ecosystem: architectural structure
- 3 The new ICT ecosystem as an innovation system
- 4 The new ICT ecosystem: a quantitative analysis
- 5 Telecoms regulation
- 6 Policy-making for the new ICT ecosystem
- 7 The way forward: the message to policy-makers and regulators
- Appendixes
- 1 The evolution of the new ICT ecosystem, 1945–2007: how innovation drives the system
- 2 European regulation of electronic communications, 1987–2003
- 3 Some problems with the dominant regulatory paradigm in telecoms (DRPT)
- 4 A short introduction to Schumpeterian evolutionary economics
- 5 Other layer models: OSI and TCP/IP
- 6 Content, applications and services: definitions
- 7 Why do US Internet companies dominate in layer 3?
- 8 How did East Asia (Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China) become so strong in layer 1?
- 9 China's telecoms service providers in layer 2
- 10 Companies in our database, by layer
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The aim of this appendix is to examine the making of the European New Regulatory Framework up to its implementation in 2003, showing the main concerns that have shaped this framework. The final section highlights these concerns and discusses some of the problems that have arisen.
The vision for telecoms
Until 1987, generally speaking, very little attention was paid at EU level to telecoms services which tended to be left to member states. From 1987, however – with the liberalisation of telecoms having been put firmly on the agenda by the substantial liberalisations occurring in the mid-1980s in Japan, the USA and the UK – the EU itself began to take a far closer interest in telecoms services. Exhibit A2.1 provides a detailed periodisation of the main EU policies that were adopted in the telecoms field services.
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- The New ICT EcosystemImplications for Policy and Regulation, pp. 138 - 157Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010