This article provides an empirical-analytic survey of initiatives toward the Japanese Information Infrastructure (JII), with reference to the aspired-for 'Intellectually Creative Society' of the 21st Century. The politico-economic analysis examines the policy network, interests involved, major...

In this paper the development of the Austrian cable television (CATV) sector is discussed, focusing on its delicate interconnections with telecommunications and broadcasting, the blurring borderlines and resulting regulatory problems. The policy network is identified and recent changes in the...

Growing convergence and globalization in the communications sector towards a changed societal communications system, which can be described as mediamatics1 (media, telematics), poses far-reaching challenges to policy makers worldwide. This article provides an overview of convergence strategies...

Public fears have grown up surrounding the uncertain potential benefit or harm of recent rapid technological advances in Austrian telecommunications. A technology assessment was called for, to proffer comprehensive and balanced information on the current state of, and future developments in,...

In recent decades, major regulatory reforms have changed the role of the state in the liberalised and convergent communications sectors of developed economies worldwide. The central characteristics of this transformed statehood in communications are, inter alia, a rising importance of...

This paper addresses the controversial subject of convergence in the communications sector and analyzes its regulatory implications for European competition policy with special emphasis on market power control. We start with a brief description of the changed societal communications system of...