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| Center
for Telecommunications and Digital Convergence |
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| Mission,
Purpose, and Structure |
The
Center for Telecommunications and Digital Convergence
(CTDC), established in 1996, is a research and outreach
program designed to help business and governmental organizations
understand the sweeping developments taking place in telecommunications
markets - including networked multimedia - and to use
that understanding to attain competitive advantage and
implement sound public policies. CTDC bridges the gap
between university researchers and the business and regulatory
communities. In addition, CTDC brings together members
of the converging computer, telecommunications, and electronic
media industries to discuss the complex and contentious
issues that confront them in a neutral forum with the
benefit of objective and impartial analyses.
CTDC concentrates on critical issues in telecommunications
convergence facing industry, government, and the international
research community. Questions the Center addresses include:
What are the proper horizontal and vertical scopes of
content and conduit providers under convergence? Should
firms specialize? Do economies of scale and scope extend
to joint provision of content and conduit? Are cross-service
economies of scope realized in the underlying transmission
networks driving convergence?
The changes and issues confronting policy makers are equally
sweeping. The pressures of technological exchange and
the massive regulatory reform started by the 1996 Telecommunications
Act raise questions about important aspects of public
policy, including the role of competition in ensuring
socially desirable outcomes and the proper manner of regulating
telecommunications networks as they become increasingly
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| Research
and Outreach Activities |
| CTDC
supports research in the areas of telecommunications business
strategy and public policy and publishes a working papers
series through the Consortium for Research on Telecommunications
Policy (CRTP). CTDC also works with Haas faculty and MBA
students clubs to bring industry leaders to public forums
as a supplement to the Haas School courses on competitive
strategy in telecommunications markets. In addition, CTDC
has run an ongoing series of executive workshops on subjects
such as Telecommunications Regulation, the Internet and
Public Policy, and Investment in Advanced Telecommunications
Infrastructure. CTDC is currently planning a conference
on the Future of Wireless Communications and Internet
Access. |
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