Research In Progress

The Institute's research programs deal with a range of specific policy areas including governance, innovation, applications of information and telecommunications technology, public management issues, fairness, education, and future implications for society.

The Institute makes its research materials widely available through various publications, including books, working papers, and conference presentations.

Present projects include:

2005 Projects (Partial List)

BROADBAND APPLICATIONS AND INFRASTRUCTURE

• Access to Broadband
• Are Multiple Broadband Infrastructures Sustainable?
• Wireless Broadband (WiFi/WiMax/EVDO/3G)
• Free Space Optics
• Powerline Communications (4th Workshop)
• FTTx
• TV over Broadband (IPTV Update Conference)
• VoIP
• E-Commerce Over Broadband
• Broadband and Large Users
• Video over Broadband

Global Media Concentration: Europe, Japan, and the US
Eli Noam, Joost van Dreunen, Ana Andjelic

Rewriting the Telecom Act
Bob Atkinson

Media Management: A Textbook

The Economics of Sharing in Telecommunications
Christiaan Hogendorn, Alain deFontenay

REMEDIES FOR TELECOM RECOVERY
Annual Conference: The State of the Network Sector

North American Numbering Council
Bob Atkinson

Ownership and Concentration in the US Communications Industry
Eli M. Noam

Power Line Communications: More Than a Scientific Curiosity…But Is It (Finally) the Long-Awaited "Third Wire" to Every Home?
Bob Atkinson

Telecom as a Cyclical Industry
Eli M. Noam

Telecommunication Basic Research
A. Michael Noll

Content Models for Internet-TV
Eli Noam

Spectrum Allocation Methods
David Salant

Cable Telephony
Paul Rappoport

Corporate Governance in the Telecom Industry
James Alleman

Development Economics
Heather Hudson

Online Health Communications
Joachim Haes

Network Resiliency
Jonathan Liebenau

Vertical Integration
Jonathan Liebenau, Alain deFontenay