The present and the future of telecommunications and internet regulation was debated in detail in Istanbul in the first week of September during the regional conference of the International Telecommunications Society (ITS), with participants from academia, firms and public institutions, both from within and outside Europe. TILEC was well-represented. Filomena Chirico addressed the topic of network neutrality from a European perspective, discussing why the idea that a network should treat equally all contents has been so furiously debated in business and policy circles in the US, while generating only limited passion in Europe (see TILEC DP 2007-030). Ilse van der Haar's presentation dissected the regulatory principle of technological neutrality, which, she argues, is currently based on four different rationales, a figure that accounts for the various interpretations, and misunderstandings, of the principle (see TILEC DP 2007-009). Finally, Maartje de Visser focused on questions of institutional design, in particular the need for addressing the issue of the accountability and legitimacy of the European Regulators Group (see TILEC DP 2007-028).
Sep 27, 2007
ITS conference
The present and the future of telecommunications and internet regulation was debated in detail in Istanbul in the first week of September during the regional conference of the International Telecommunications Society (ITS), with participants from academia, firms and public institutions, both from within and outside Europe. TILEC was well-represented. Filomena Chirico addressed the topic of network neutrality from a European perspective, discussing why the idea that a network should treat equally all contents has been so furiously debated in business and policy circles in the US, while generating only limited passion in Europe (see TILEC DP 2007-030). Ilse van der Haar's presentation dissected the regulatory principle of technological neutrality, which, she argues, is currently based on four different rationales, a figure that accounts for the various interpretations, and misunderstandings, of the principle (see TILEC DP 2007-009). Finally, Maartje de Visser focused on questions of institutional design, in particular the need for addressing the issue of the accountability and legitimacy of the European Regulators Group (see TILEC DP 2007-028).