The Impact of Cybercommunications on Telecommunications, Conference 1Schapiro Research Auditorium
Schapiro Center for Engineering and Physical Research
Sponsored by the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information.
Network infrastructure competition
has emerged in several advanced countries. While this development is
taking place, often under bitter controversy, another generation of
competition--by computer networks--is starting to gather momentum.
Large scale computer networks, in particular
the sprawling Internet system, have emerged as the new cybernetworks.
The dynamics of this development go beyond computer applications.
These new cybernetworks have evolved beyond
simple data networks, to offer users voice, video, and multimedia applications.
These new networks will compete head-to-head with existing networks
and also create new service options. This project seeks to assess the
impact of cybercommunications and understand what directions it may
take.
Questions to be addressed at the conference include:
This is the first event in the conference series The Impact of Cybercommunications
on Telecommunications . Other events in the Cybercommunications series
will cover media and content, technology, pricing, interconnection, financial
transactions, universal service, and employment issues in cybercommunications.
Organizers: Eli Noam, Alex Wolfson, CITI
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Network Competition and Industry Structure
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you can do, I can do better; I can do anything better than you..."
Broadband Data
Access for Cybercommunications: Collaborative and Competitive
Impacts
