Digital Integration, Growth and Rational Regulation
This book focuses on the role of information and communication technologies for economic integration, networking and growth. Technological and regulatory dynamics are highlighted with respect to EU countries and the US. The analysis deals with the ma
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Paul J.J. Welfens
Digital Integration, Growth and Rational Regulation
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Professor Dr. Paul J.J. Welfens Sciences Po, Paris and University of Wuppertal EIIW – European Institute for International Economic Relations Rainer-Gruenter-Straße 21 42119 Wuppertal Germany [email protected] www.euroeiiw.de
ISBN 978-3-540-74594-5
e-ISBN 978-3-540-74595-2
DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-74595-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2007937096 c 2008 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Production: LE-TEX Jelonek, Schmidt & Vöckler GbR, Leipzig Coverdesign: WMX Design GmbH, Heidelberg Printed on acid-free paper 987654321 springer.com
Preface
With the Lisbon Agenda the European Council has set ambitious goals for 2010, namely to make the Community the most dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world. This goal clearly indicates that the Council, the Commission and the European Parliament are fully aware of the high economic, political and social relevance of information and communication technology, including modern digital services whose broad availability is desirable from the perspective of all major users groups: Firms, private households and government agencies. The Commission indeed has emphasized that the i2010 project is a major pillar of the policies with a focus on the Lisbon Agenda: Creating faster broadband networks in the EU and providing more diversified and more high-quality services at the same time will indeed be crucial for the Union if the growth potential of modern eCommunications is to be fully exploited. Naturally, the telecommunications sector evolution has to be discussed in the context of the overall expansion dynamics of the information and communication technology (ICT) sector. At the same time the competition policy framework will affect digital dynamics in OECD countries. In the EU the interplay between supranational regulations and national regulations is quite important for the development of the telecommunications sector. This sector is subject to regulation for which the EU has created a framework in 2003 which is up for review in 2006. This raises the issue to which extent the EU framework regulation and the national regulation of EU member countr
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