Convergence in Information and
            Communication Technology : Strategic and Regulatory Considerations

Singh, Rajendra; Raja, Siddhartha

dc.creator	Singh, Rajendra
dc.creator	Raja, Siddhartha
dc.date	2012-03-19T09:33:07Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T09:33:07Z
dc.date	2010
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:36:07Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:36:07Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20100304234634
dc.identifier	978-0-8213-8169-4
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2417
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/242831
dc.description	This book is a compilation of two recently completed works on the convergence of information and communication technology (ICT) (Singh and Raja 2008, 2009). Since then, convergence, the eroding of boundaries among previously separate ICT services, networks, and business practices, has accelerated and deepened. At the time these reports were written, convergence was already a reality and was picking up pace in low-income countries, as in the rest of the world. Now, as this introduction summarizes, broadband networks are reaching deeper into previously unserved areas. The growing number of people connected to broadband networks are consuming, sharing, and creating new multimedia content and applications. And they are doing this on handheld and portable devices that are less costly and do more than before. All sorts of users, governments, businesses, individuals, and ICT firms, are looking to cut costs while capturing greater value. Taken together, these trends indicate that convergence is set to accelerate even through the ongoing global economic downturn. Countries that enable convergence through appropriate policy and regulatory responses will realize significant benefits in terms of expanded access, lower prices, and greater competition. Chapter two of this book focuses on the strategic implications of convergence and possible policy responses. Chapter three focuses on emerging regulatory practices facilitating multiple plays, or the provision of multiple services, such as voice telephony, broadcasting, and Internet access, by one operator over a single communications network, typically telephone or cable television but increasingly mobile and fixed wireless networks. The book concludes by presenting several best-practice principles for regulatory responses to multiple plays and, to some extent, to convergence more generally. Indeed, the main task for regulators is to remove artificial barriers and restrictions that are remnants of legacy regulation, thus clearing the way for market forces to play out, promoting the public interest, and leading to the realization of a range of benefits for users.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	3G
dc.subject	ACCESS TO SERVICES
dc.subject	AUCTIONS
dc.subject	BACKBONE
dc.subject	BANDWIDTH
dc.subject	BARRIERS TO ENTRY
dc.subject	BASIC
dc.subject	BEST PRACTICE
dc.subject	BEST-PRACTICE
dc.subject	BROADBAND
dc.subject	BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY
dc.subject	BROADBAND NETWORK
dc.subject	BROADBAND NETWORKS
dc.subject	BROADBAND TELEPHONY
dc.subject	BROADCAST
dc.subject	BROADCASTING
dc.subject	BROADCASTING SERVICES
dc.subject	BUSINESS ENTITIES
dc.subject	BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject	BUSINESS MODELS
dc.subject	BUSINESS SERVICES
dc.subject	BUSINESSES
dc.subject	CABLE TELEVISION
dc.subject	CABLE TV
dc.subject	CAPABILITY
dc.subject	CAPACITY BUILDING
dc.subject	CELLULAR NETWORK
dc.subject	CELLULAR NETWORKS
dc.subject	CITIES
dc.subject	CLIENT COUNTRIES
dc.subject	CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS
dc.subject	COMMUNICATION SERVICE
dc.subject	COMMUNICATION SERVICES
dc.subject	COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
dc.subject	COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
dc.subject	COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
dc.subject	COMMUNITIES
dc.subject	COMPETITION LAW
dc.subject	COMPETITION POLICY
dc.subject	COMPUTER USERS
dc.subject	COMPUTING
dc.subject	CONTENT CREATION
dc.subject	CONTENT CREATORS
dc.subject	CONTENT PROVIDERS
dc.subject	COPYING
dc.subject	COPYRIGHT
dc.subject	DATA COMPRESSION
dc.subject	DATA NETWORKS
dc.subject	DATA PROCESSING
dc.subject	DATA SERVICES
dc.subject	DATA TRANSMISSION
dc.subject	DECISION MAKERS
dc.subject	DEMOCRACY
dc.subject	DIGITAL
dc.subject	DIGITAL DATA
dc.subject	DIGITAL DEVICES
dc.subject	DIGITAL PHOTOS
dc.subject	DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER
dc.subject	DIGITAL TELEPHONE
dc.subject	DIGITAL TELEVISION
dc.subject	DIGITAL VIDEO
dc.subject	DIGITALIZATION
dc.subject	DISTANCE EDUCATION
dc.subject	DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS
dc.subject	DOI
dc.subject	DOMAINS
dc.subject	E-GOVERNANCE
dc.subject	E-MAIL
dc.subject	E-MAILS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
dc.subject	ECONOMIC COOPERATION
dc.subject	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	ECONOMIES OF SCALE
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY
dc.subject	ENABLING ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject	ENTERTAINMENT
dc.subject	EQUIPMENT
dc.subject	FINANCIAL REPORTS
dc.subject	FINANCIAL SERVICES
dc.subject	GICT
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT POLICY
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT RESTRICTIONS
dc.subject	HIGH-SPEED
dc.subject	ICT
dc.subject	IMAGES
dc.subject	INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
dc.subject	INNOVATION
dc.subject	INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
dc.subject	INTERNET ACCESS
dc.subject	INTERNET NETWORKS
dc.subject	INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER
dc.subject	INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS
dc.subject	INTERNET SERVICES
dc.subject	INTERNET TELEPHONY
dc.subject	INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	ISP
dc.subject	JOURNALS
dc.subject	LEGAL ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject	LEGAL FRAMEWORK
dc.subject	LICENSE
dc.subject	LICENSES
dc.subject	LICENSING
dc.subject	MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
dc.subject	MARKET DEMAND
dc.subject	MARKET SEGMENTS
dc.subject	MASS MARKET
dc.subject	MATERIAL
dc.subject	MOBILE NETWORKS
dc.subject	MOBILE PHONE
dc.subject	MOBILE PHONE SUBSCRIBERS
dc.subject	MOBILE PHONES
dc.subject	MOBILE SERVICE
dc.subject	MOBILE TELEPHONE
dc.subject	MOBILE TELEPHONES
dc.subject	MOBILE TELEPHONY
dc.subject	MONITORS
dc.subject	MULTIMEDIA
dc.subject	MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS
dc.subject	MULTIPLE ACCESS
dc.subject	MULTIPLE SERVICE PROVIDERS
dc.subject	NETWORK ACCESS
dc.subject	NETWORK DEPLOYMENT
dc.subject	NETWORK DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	NETWORK GROWTH
dc.subject	NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
dc.subject	NETWORKING
dc.subject	NETWORKS
dc.subject	NEW MARKET
dc.subject	NEW MARKETS
dc.subject	NEW TECHNOLOGIES
dc.subject	ONLINE ADVERTISING
dc.subject	ONLINE SERVICES
dc.subject	OPEN ACCESS
dc.subject	PC
dc.subject	PENETRATION OF BROADBAND
dc.subject	PERSONAL COMPUTER
dc.subject	POLICY FORMULATION
dc.subject	POLICY FRAMEWORK
dc.subject	POLICY FRAMEWORKS
dc.subject	PORTABLE DEVICES
dc.subject	PRIVATE INVESTMENT
dc.subject	PROGRAMS
dc.subject	PROTOCOL
dc.subject	QUALITY OF SERVICE
dc.subject	QUERIES
dc.subject	RADIO
dc.subject	RADIO SPECTRUM
dc.subject	RADIO STATIONS
dc.subject	REGULATORY AGENCIES
dc.subject	REGULATORY CHALLENGES
dc.subject	REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject	REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
dc.subject	REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS
dc.subject	REGULATORY PRINCIPLES
dc.subject	REGULATORY REFORM
dc.subject	REGULATORY REGIMES
dc.subject	RESULT
dc.subject	RESULTS
dc.subject	ROUTER
dc.subject	ROUTERS
dc.subject	SATELLITE
dc.subject	SERVICE PROVIDERS
dc.subject	SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	SUBSCRIBER LINE
dc.subject	TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT
dc.subject	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
dc.subject	TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTS
dc.subject	TELECOM
dc.subject	TELECOMMUNICATION
dc.subject	TELECOMMUNICATIONS
dc.subject	TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES
dc.subject	TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY
dc.subject	TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRIES
dc.subject	TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKETS
dc.subject	TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPERATORS
dc.subject	TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY
dc.subject	TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDER
dc.subject	TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDERS
dc.subject	TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR
dc.subject	TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
dc.subject	TELEGEOGRAPHY
dc.subject	TELEPHONE
dc.subject	TELEPHONE COMPANIES
dc.subject	TELEPHONE NETWORK
dc.subject	TELEPHONE SERVICE
dc.subject	TELEPHONE SERVICES
dc.subject	TELEPHONY
dc.subject	TELEPHONY SERVICES
dc.subject	TEXT
dc.subject	TRADITIONAL BUSINESSES
dc.subject	UNIVERSAL SERVICE
dc.subject	UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUNDS
dc.subject	USER
dc.subject	USERS
dc.subject	USES
dc.subject	VIDEO
dc.subject	VIDEOS
dc.subject	VOICE TELEPHONY
dc.subject	VOICE-OVER-INTERNET PROTOCOL
dc.subject	VOIP
dc.subject	WEB
dc.subject	WEB SITES
dc.subject	WIRELESS
dc.subject	WIRELESS ACCESS
dc.subject	WIRELESS SERVICES
dc.subject	WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES
dc.subject	WIRELESS TELEPHONY
dc.title	Convergence in Information and Communication Technology : Strategic and Regulatory Considerations
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication
dc.type	Publications & Research