Current spectrum regulations are widely viewed as inefficient and costly, but there is no consensus regarding the best way to manage spectrum. Some believe that market mechanisms—usually in the form of auctions—are the best way to maximize spectrum’s value. Others argue that spectrum is a public good, and...

Please note the video on the left is of the panel discussions only. A video of David Dorman's address is available here.

Almost nine years have passed since the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the first major congressional overhaul of telecommunications law in almost sixty-two...

F. Duane Ackerman, chairman and chief executive officer of BellSouth Corporation, assesses the future of telecommunications reform in the United States.

The Telecommunications Actpromised competition, but has delivered only megamergers and higher prices.

Discusses international telecommunications regulation.

Intense litigation has stalled implementation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 in the area of local telephone service.

The next generation of mobile telephone technology could hasten the end of a key aspect of telecommunications regulation.

Iain Vallance suggested that the natural path of liberalization in the telecommunications industry appears to be that monopoly is followed by diversity, which is in turn followed by consolidation.