*****Call for papers*****
Special Issue on Telecommunications in Europe
Convergence: The Journal of Research into New Media Technologies
Submission deadline for this issue is : 30th October 2001
For Volume 8 No. 2 of the Journal (Summer 2002) we are seeking papers
relating to research projects or case studies on European telecommunications
policy. This issue will be guest-edited by Peter Humphreys, Reader in
Government, University of Manchester.
For well over a decade now, with the UK in the vanguard, European states
have been gradually liberalising their previously highly protected
telecommunications markets, and privatising their former monopolistic,
state-owned telecommunication operators. Although the process has been
driven by underlying market and technological pressures, the European Union
has been an important agency for promoting within Europe this paradigm
change, seen as vital for Europe¹s competitiveness in the much vaunted
Information Society¹. This special issue focuses on the regulatory policy
issues raised by liberalisation, privatisation and competition in the
telecommunications sector as it converges with other sectors IT, Internet,
media - in the digital age.
One contextual article already commissioned looks at European
telecommunications reform in the global context (the ITU, the WTO, the US
influence, etc.). Additional articles are invited on any of, or combining
several of, the following themes:
Regulatory convergence and diversity: The EU¹s liberalisation and
re-regulation Directives have allowed for significant discretion regarding
implementation. How diverse are member states¹ regulatory structures and
practices?
The performance of the national regulatory regimes . The Commission¹s 1999
Fifth Report on the Telecom Regulatory Package found significant variety in
the division of regulatory powers between ministries, regulatory bodies, and
national competition authorities. How diversely have national regulators
performed?
Corporate strategies and European competition policy: Liberalisation,
globalisation and convergence¹ with the IT and audiovisual sectors have
produced a wave of mergers and acquisitions, and strategic alliances. What
are the implications for competition policy?
The future of universal service: What kind of policies are required to
avoid an information rich/information poor¹ scenario?
The convergence¹ of telecoms with the audiovisual and IT sectors Is policy
for convergence being driven by a mixture of technological determinism, an
overarching concern for economic competitiveness, and a blind faith in
competition delivering the public-interest benefits?
Proposals for papers on other themes will be considered.
Proposals for articles or completed papers should be sent to:
Peter Humphreys
Address: Department of Government, The University of Manchester, Oxford
Road, Manchester, M13 9PL.
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Convergence is a quarterly refereed academic journal which addresses the
creative, social, political and pedagogical issues raised by the advent of
new media technologies. On-line info at http://www.luton.ac.uk/Convergence
Proposals for articles or completed papers for all other issues should be
sent to: Julia Knight or Alexis Weedon, Editors, Convergence, School of
Media Arts, University of Luton, 75 Castle Street, Luton, LU1 3AJ, United
Kingdom. Tel: +44 1582 734111, fax: + 44 1582 489014, email:
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