Unifying themes

1
Unifying themes

• Competition
• Innovation and Economic Growth
• Access

2
Competition

• Role of government
• Regulation
• Encouraging entry
• Tendency toward monopoly
• Spectrum policy
• New technologies

3
Competition

• Issues regarding mergers
• Network economies
• Economies of scale and scope
• Traditional antitrust analysis
• Implications of dynamic market
• Removing traditional industry barriers
• Vertical integration

4
Innovation

• Encouraging new technologies
• Industry standards
• Spectrum allocation policies
• Reduced regulation
• Economic growth

5
Universal Access

• Distinction of access to end user vs. access to
  competitors
• Increased competition will lead to lower prices
  and increased access
• Issue of cross subsidies and Universal Service
  Fund
• Returns to education and technological skills

6
Broadband access

• Access to bottleneck facilities
• Telephone competition
• Cable access
• International

7
Access to information and content

• Video programming
• Media concentration