About this video

Martin Cave shares his knowledge and opinions about the politics and reform in telecommunications. He gives a brief overview of the spectrum reform and analyzes the problems expressed by some opponents regarding its liberalization, such as the reduction of barriers to entry and the conflict of interest that occurs when people benefit from the existing regime. He manages to disqualify such criticism by using the example of the United Kingdom as a success story, since this country established the Communications Act and founded Ofcom – the new agency that is focused on spectrum management. Furthermore, Cave talks about the current situation in Europe regarding spectrum liberalization, highlights the lack of power of the central institution and compares the costs and benefits of liberalization.

References

Telecommunications Workshop: Convergence or Competition?

Credits

Politics and Reform in Telecom around the World
Telecommunications Workshop: Convergence or Competition?
Martin Cave

Student Center, CE-400
Universidad Francisco Marroquin
Guatemala, June 10, 2005

A New Media - UFM production. Guatemala, June 2005
Camera 1: Sergio Miranda; camera 2: Ricardo Pineda; digital editing: Rodrigo Escalante; index: Christiaan Ketelaar; synopsis: Sebastian del Buey; synopsis reviser: Daphne Ortiz; GML: Pedro David España