Shifting from a Circuit to Packet World the Emergence of the Digital Industry and Lessons from a Century Ago
Eric de Fontenay, Economic and Regulatory Consultant, de Fontenay, Savin & Kiss, United States.
INTRODUCTION
The Internet has been heralded as the source of profound change within the telecommunications industry by lying at the root of present paradigm shifts in the industry. It is fundamentally reshaping the technological base of the industry from separate media platforms to an integrated platform able to support all forms of media, including voice, data and video. At the same time, it has...