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The Impact of Convergence on the Communications Sector

The Impact of Convergence on the Communications Sector. World Electronics Forum September 14-16, 2005 London, UK. Presentation Overview. TIA Overview Policy Issues U.S.-Specific Challenges Regulation Investment and Competition Spectrum Conclusions / Possible WEF Action?. TIA Overview.

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The Impact of Convergence on the Communications Sector

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  1. The Impact of Convergence on the Communications Sector World Electronics Forum September 14-16, 2005 London, UK

  2. Presentation Overview • TIA Overview • Policy Issues • U.S.-Specific Challenges • Regulation • Investment and Competition • Spectrum • Conclusions / Possible WEF Action?

  3. TIA Overview • Trade organization serving the communications and information technology industry • Three primary activities: • Domestic and international advocacy • Trade shows and marketing support • Standards Development Organization

  4. TIA Overview • TIA’s Offices • Arlington, VA: Headquarters • Beijing, China: USITO • TIA Staff: 53

  5. Convergence:Policy Issues

  6. U.S.-Specific Challenges • 1996 Telecommunications Act • Technological change surpassing the 1996 Act • Law is unable to cope with an IP-based world • No easy solution • Multiple legislative fixes? • Eliminate technology “silos”? • Focus on service definitions? • Universal Service Fund

  7. Regulation • Challenges are regulatory more than technological • TIA supports competition among multiple platforms for delivery • Regulators may need to focus on service definitions rather than platforms of delivery or technology

  8. Regulation • The regulatory structure must be able to cope with rapid innovation in an IP-based world • Consumers should be free to choose both the service and the service provider

  9. Regulation • Regulation should be • Used only where absolutely necessary • Light-handed • Narrowly focused • At the national level • Uniform • Technology-neutral

  10. Investment and Competition • Onerous regulation will stifle investment • Regulatory uncertainty will also stifle investment • Example = last mile issue in the United States • Triennial Review decisions on broadband triggered billions of dollars in investment

  11. Investment and Competition • Next Generation Networks (NGN) • Reduce market entry costs • Increase flexibility • Enhance competition • Any network will provide any service to any device • Competing infrastructures can offer the same types of service

  12. Spectrum • Need flexible, market-driven spectrum policies • Need technology neutrality • Need to continue to find more spectrum where possible • In the U.S., it is critical to release analog TV spectrum for other uses • Need hard date for digital TV transition

  13. Conclusions (1) • Technology and NGN work continues to advance rapidly • Multiple platforms • Innovative services • Increased competition • An entirely new regulatory mindset must be created

  14. Conclusions (2) • Industry must work with regulators (and consumers) • Industry and government should strive to agree to common principles • Regulatory policies – last-mile access, spectrum have the potential to chill investment • WEF members must continue to work together on these issues

  15. Matthew J. Flanigan President TIA 2500 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 300 Arlington, VA 22201 Telephone: +1-703-907-7700 Fax: +1-703-907-7727

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