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Convergence in Information and Communication Technology : Strategic and Regulatory Considerations

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dc.contributor.authorSingh, Rajendra
dc.contributor.authorRaja, Siddhartha
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-19T09:33:07Z
dc.date.available2012-03-19T09:33:07Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractThis 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.en
dc.identifierhttp://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.doi10.1596/978-0-8213-8169-4
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-8213-8169-4
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/2417
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject3G
dc.subjectACCESS TO SERVICES
dc.subjectAUCTIONS
dc.subjectBACKBONE
dc.subjectBANDWIDTH
dc.subjectBARRIERS TO ENTRY
dc.subjectBASIC
dc.subjectBEST PRACTICE
dc.subjectBEST-PRACTICE
dc.subjectBROADBAND
dc.subjectBROADBAND CONNECTIVITY
dc.subjectBROADBAND NETWORK
dc.subjectBROADBAND NETWORKS
dc.subjectBROADBAND TELEPHONY
dc.subjectBROADCAST
dc.subjectBROADCASTING
dc.subjectBROADCASTING SERVICES
dc.subjectBUSINESS ENTITIES
dc.subjectBUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
dc.subjectBUSINESS MODELS
dc.subjectBUSINESS SERVICES
dc.subjectBUSINESSES
dc.subjectCABLE TELEVISION
dc.subjectCABLE TV
dc.subjectCAPABILITY
dc.subjectCAPACITY BUILDING
dc.subjectCELLULAR NETWORK
dc.subjectCELLULAR NETWORKS
dc.subjectCITIES
dc.subjectCLIENT COUNTRIES
dc.subjectCODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS
dc.subjectCOMMUNICATION SERVICE
dc.subjectCOMMUNICATION SERVICES
dc.subjectCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
dc.subjectCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectCOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectCOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
dc.subjectCOMMUNITIES
dc.subjectCOMPETITION LAW
dc.subjectCOMPETITION POLICY
dc.subjectCOMPUTER USERS
dc.subjectCOMPUTING
dc.subjectCONTENT CREATION
dc.subjectCONTENT CREATORS
dc.subjectCONTENT PROVIDERS
dc.subjectCOPYING
dc.subjectCOPYRIGHT
dc.subjectDATA COMPRESSION
dc.subjectDATA NETWORKS
dc.subjectDATA PROCESSING
dc.subjectDATA SERVICES
dc.subjectDATA TRANSMISSION
dc.subjectDECISION MAKERS
dc.subjectDEMOCRACY
dc.subjectDIGITAL
dc.subjectDIGITAL DATA
dc.subjectDIGITAL DEVICES
dc.subjectDIGITAL PHOTOS
dc.subjectDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER
dc.subjectDIGITAL TELEPHONE
dc.subjectDIGITAL TELEVISION
dc.subjectDIGITAL VIDEO
dc.subjectDIGITALIZATION
dc.subjectDISTANCE EDUCATION
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTION NETWORKS
dc.subjectDOI
dc.subjectDOMAINS
dc.subjectE-GOVERNANCE
dc.subjectE-MAIL
dc.subjectE-MAILS
dc.subjectECONOMIC ACTIVITY
dc.subjectECONOMIC COOPERATION
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIES OF SCALE
dc.subjectELECTRICITY
dc.subjectENABLING ENVIRONMENT
dc.subjectENTERTAINMENT
dc.subjectEQUIPMENT
dc.subjectFINANCIAL REPORTS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL SERVICES
dc.subjectGICT
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT POLICY
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT RESTRICTIONS
dc.subjectHIGH-SPEED
dc.subjectICT
dc.subjectIMAGES
dc.subjectINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectINNOVATION
dc.subjectINSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
dc.subjectINTERNET ACCESS
dc.subjectINTERNET NETWORKS
dc.subjectINTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER
dc.subjectINTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS
dc.subjectINTERNET SERVICES
dc.subjectINTERNET TELEPHONY
dc.subjectINVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectISP
dc.subjectJOURNALS
dc.subjectLEGAL ENVIRONMENT
dc.subjectLEGAL FRAMEWORK
dc.subjectLICENSE
dc.subjectLICENSES
dc.subjectLICENSING
dc.subjectMANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
dc.subjectMARKET DEMAND
dc.subjectMARKET SEGMENTS
dc.subjectMASS MARKET
dc.subjectMATERIAL
dc.subjectMOBILE NETWORKS
dc.subjectMOBILE PHONE
dc.subjectMOBILE PHONE SUBSCRIBERS
dc.subjectMOBILE PHONES
dc.subjectMOBILE SERVICE
dc.subjectMOBILE TELEPHONE
dc.subjectMOBILE TELEPHONES
dc.subjectMOBILE TELEPHONY
dc.subjectMONITORS
dc.subjectMULTIMEDIA
dc.subjectMULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS
dc.subjectMULTIPLE ACCESS
dc.subjectMULTIPLE SERVICE PROVIDERS
dc.subjectNETWORK ACCESS
dc.subjectNETWORK DEPLOYMENT
dc.subjectNETWORK DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectNETWORK GROWTH
dc.subjectNETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectNETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
dc.subjectNETWORKING
dc.subjectNETWORKS
dc.subjectNEW MARKET
dc.subjectNEW MARKETS
dc.subjectNEW TECHNOLOGIES
dc.subjectONLINE ADVERTISING
dc.subjectONLINE SERVICES
dc.subjectOPEN ACCESS
dc.subjectPC
dc.subjectPENETRATION OF BROADBAND
dc.subjectPERSONAL COMPUTER
dc.subjectPOLICY FORMULATION
dc.subjectPOLICY FRAMEWORK
dc.subjectPOLICY FRAMEWORKS
dc.subjectPORTABLE DEVICES
dc.subjectPRIVATE INVESTMENT
dc.subjectPROGRAMS
dc.subjectPROTOCOL
dc.subjectQUALITY OF SERVICE
dc.subjectQUERIES
dc.subjectRADIO
dc.subjectRADIO SPECTRUM
dc.subjectRADIO STATIONS
dc.subjectREGULATORY AGENCIES
dc.subjectREGULATORY CHALLENGES
dc.subjectREGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
dc.subjectREGULATORY FRAMEWORK
dc.subjectREGULATORY FRAMEWORKS
dc.subjectREGULATORY PRINCIPLES
dc.subjectREGULATORY REFORM
dc.subjectREGULATORY REGIMES
dc.subjectRESULT
dc.subjectRESULTS
dc.subjectROUTER
dc.subjectROUTERS
dc.subjectSATELLITE
dc.subjectSERVICE PROVIDERS
dc.subjectSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectSPECTRUM MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectSUBSCRIBER LINE
dc.subjectTECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT
dc.subjectTECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
dc.subjectTECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTS
dc.subjectTELECOM
dc.subjectTELECOMMUNICATION
dc.subjectTELECOMMUNICATIONS
dc.subjectTELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES
dc.subjectTELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY
dc.subjectTELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRIES
dc.subjectTELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKETS
dc.subjectTELECOMMUNICATIONS OPERATORS
dc.subjectTELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY
dc.subjectTELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDER
dc.subjectTELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDERS
dc.subjectTELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR
dc.subjectTELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
dc.subjectTELEGEOGRAPHY
dc.subjectTELEPHONE
dc.subjectTELEPHONE COMPANIES
dc.subjectTELEPHONE NETWORK
dc.subjectTELEPHONE SERVICE
dc.subjectTELEPHONE SERVICES
dc.subjectTELEPHONY
dc.subjectTELEPHONY SERVICES
dc.subjectTEXT
dc.subjectTRADITIONAL BUSINESSES
dc.subjectUNIVERSAL SERVICE
dc.subjectUNIVERSAL SERVICE FUNDS
dc.subjectUSER
dc.subjectUSERS
dc.subjectUSES
dc.subjectVIDEO
dc.subjectVIDEOS
dc.subjectVOICE TELEPHONY
dc.subjectVOICE-OVER-INTERNET PROTOCOL
dc.subjectVOIP
dc.subjectWEB
dc.subjectWEB SITES
dc.subjectWIRELESS
dc.subjectWIRELESS ACCESS
dc.subjectWIRELESS SERVICES
dc.subjectWIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES
dc.subjectWIRELESS TELEPHONY
dc.titleConvergence in Information and Communication Technology : Strategic and Regulatory Considerationsen
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okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticeEducation
okr.globalpracticeTransport and ICT
okr.globalpracticeTrade and Competitiveness
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okr.topicInformation and Communication Technologies::ICT Policy and Strategies
okr.topicPrivate Sector Development::E-Business
okr.topicTechnology Industry
okr.topicEducation::Education for the Knowledge Economy
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Knowledge Economy
okr.topicIndustry
okr.topicInformation and Communication Technologies
okr.unitPolicy Div (IBRD Telecom & Inf) (CITPO)
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