All Outputs (11)

Global civil society activism and the public interest in the debate on the future shape of spectrum (2016)
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This paper explores the positions of actors representing public interest goals in recent international policy activity around possible changes to the allocation of spectrum. Its focus is the lead up to the consideration of the future of the so-called... Read More about Global civil society activism and the public interest in the debate on the future shape of spectrum.

The evolution of next generation network environments in Europe - the significance of the EU as a policy actor (2011)
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This paper undertakes an exploration of the current, and likely future, significance of the European Union as an actor in the emerging communication policy area of Next Generation Networks. In so doing, it explores the key approaches taken by the EU... Read More about The evolution of next generation network environments in Europe - the significance of the EU as a policy actor.

The evolution of international policy agendas in the regulation of electronic communications: the internet and telecommunications (2011)
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This paper focuses on the recent evolution of global regulatory policy agendas in two key parts of communication media: the Internet and telecommunications. It explores the key regulatory governance ideas and practices that have come to the fore in s... Read More about The evolution of international policy agendas in the regulation of electronic communications: the internet and telecommunications.

New governance as political compromise in European telecommunications: the amended European Union electronic communications regulatory framework (2010)
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This paper explores the regulatory character of key parts of the latest incarnation of the EU telecommunications regulatory package, finalised at the end of 2009. Its core argument is that whilst the broad parameters of the modified Electronic Commun... Read More about New governance as political compromise in European telecommunications: the amended European Union electronic communications regulatory framework.

The influence of global internet governance institutions on the EU (2010)
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Since the mid-1990s, the EU has sought to engage in the formation and development of the most important multilateral Internet governance institutions, and, in doing so, has portrayed itself as a leading and influential player in the evolving global I... Read More about The influence of global internet governance institutions on the EU.

Shaping the global communications milieu: The EU's influence on internet and telecommunications governance (2010)
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This paper evaluates the EU’s influence in shaping the global governance for telecommunications and the Internet. Through analyzing EU behavior within an actorness framework, we demonstrate how the external opportunity structure and the EU’s internal... Read More about Shaping the global communications milieu: The EU's influence on internet and telecommunications governance.

New approaches to the development of telecommunications infrastructures in Europe? The evolution of European Union policy for next generation networks (2009)
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In May 2009, the European Commission released a draft consultation document on the application of state aid rules to broadband network deployment, leaving open the possibility of significant state aid intervention. However, this paper argues that th... Read More about New approaches to the development of telecommunications infrastructures in Europe? The evolution of European Union policy for next generation networks.

Multilateralism, the EU and the evolving global governance of the internet (2009)
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Whilst the global governance architecture for the Internet has evolved at pace in the last ten years the EU’s role and influence in its formation and development has been relatively understudied. This paper contributes to closing this gap in the lite... Read More about Multilateralism, the EU and the evolving global governance of the internet.

Effective communications regulation in an era of convergence? The case of premium rate telephony and television phone-ins (2008)
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Review of the EU’s electronic communications regulatory framework – the significance of a possible electronic communications markets authority (2008)
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The performance of the EU in the international institutional landscape of the internet
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The paper undertakes a review of the how the EU has ‘acted’ within the Internet governance space that exists and is still being developed at the international level. In the process, the paper assesses the utility of some of the main approaches taken... Read More about The performance of the EU in the international institutional landscape of the internet.