Effective communications regulation in an era of convergence? The case of premium rate telephony and television phone-ins (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Simpson, S. (2008, November). Effective communications regulation in an era of convergence? The case of premium rate telephony and television phone-ins. Presented at European Communication Research and Education Conference, Barcelona

Review of the EU’s electronic communications regulatory framework – the significance of a possible electronic communications markets authority (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Simpson, S. (2008, June). Review of the EU’s electronic communications regulatory framework – the significance of a possible electronic communications markets authority. Presented at 17th Biennial International Telecommunications Society Conference, Montreal, Canada

Pervasiveness and efficacy in regulatory governance – neo-liberalism as ideology and practice in European telecommunications reorganisation (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Simpson, S. (2008, June). Pervasiveness and efficacy in regulatory governance – neo-liberalism as ideology and practice in European telecommunications reorganisation. Presented at European Consortium for Political Research Standing Group on Regulatory Governance Second Biennial Conference, ‘(Re)Regulation in the Wake of Neoliberalism. Consequences of Three Decades of Privatization and Market Liberalization’, Utrecht, Netherlands

Telecommunications provides one of the most well-developed examples of the growth
of neo-liberalism. The sector is interesting since the contrast between its pre neoliberal
and post neo-liberal characteristics is particularly stark. This paper expl... Read More about Pervasiveness and efficacy in regulatory governance – neo-liberalism as ideology and practice in European telecommunications reorganisation.

International policy implementation through gate keeping: the internet corporation for assigned names and numbers (2008)
Book Chapter
Christou, G., & Simpson, S. (2008). International policy implementation through gate keeping: the internet corporation for assigned names and numbers. In J. Joachim, B. Reinalda, & B. Verbeek (Eds.), International Organizations and Implementation Enforcers, Managers, Authorities? (75-87). London: Routledge

Limitations to transnational private governance of the internet: the dot eu top level domain (2008)
Book Chapter
Christou, G., & Simpson, S. (2008). Limitations to transnational private governance of the internet: the dot eu top level domain. In J. Graz, & A. Nolke (Eds.), Transnational Private Governance and its Limits (156-167). London: Routledge

Globalization, the ‘competition’ state and the rise of the ‘regulatory’ state in European telecommunications (2008)
Journal Article
Humphreys, P., & Simpson, S. (2008). Globalization, the ‘competition’ state and the rise of the ‘regulatory’ state in European telecommunications. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5965.2008.00802.x

This article examines European telecommunications through the conceptual lenses of the ‘competition’ and the ‘regulatory’ state, exploring their complementarities and tensions. It analyses the EU's electronic communications regulatory framework, expo... Read More about Globalization, the ‘competition’ state and the rise of the ‘regulatory’ state in European telecommunications.

The changing totems of European telecommunications governance: Liberalisation, market forces and the importance of the EU regulatory package (2008)
Book Chapter
Simpson, S. (2008). The changing totems of European telecommunications governance: Liberalisation, market forces and the importance of the EU regulatory package. In D. Ward (Ed.), The European Union & the Culture Industries: Regulation and the Public Interest (105-124). Aldershot: Ashgate