Published on
February 26, 2009 in
General.
Ángel Luis López | SP-SP – Public-Private Sector Research Center
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Ph.D. in Economics, University of Toulouse 1
M.Phil in Mathematical Economics and Econometrics, University of Toulouse 1
M.Sc. in Transports and Networks Industrial Economics, University of Toulouse 1
B.S. in Economics, University of Las Palmas
Link: Ángel Luis López personal webpage
Ángel specializes in the Economics of Telecommunications. His research focuses on the broadband market and mobile telephony, and on the impact of access charges on retail competition. His main research interests are also competition policy, energy and industrial economics.
In 2008 Ángel was awarded the “Juan de la Cierva” research fellowship from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation.
Ángel will be the host of the Nerec’s First Telecom Lunch Workshop: “The Ladder of Investment in Spain”.
Some interesting Telecom News
February 25, 2009 – IT Pro:
Large sticks at the ready as Google joins anti-trust brigade
February 25, 2009 – Bloomberg.com:
AT&T Wins as U.S. High Court Curbs Antitrust Suits
February 21, 2009 – New York Times:
Everyone Loves Google, Until It’s Too Big
February 20, 2009 – TMCNews:
Court dismisses Swisscom claims against bitstream regulation
February 15, 2009 – New York Times:
What Convergence? TV’s Hesitant March to the Net
February 14, 2009 – New York Times:
Do We Need a New Internet?
February 13, 2009 – advanced-television.com:
Canal+ claims unfair competition from Orange
February 11, 2009 – European Commission:
Commission clears Dutch regulator OPTA’s proposal to enhance competition in the broadcasting markets
February 9, 2009 – Financial Times:
Vodafone and Hutchison to merge in Australia
February 9, 2009 – euractiv.com:
ETNO: Commission ‘cheerleader’ for NGNs
Published on
February 19, 2009 in
General.
President Obama wants to “get broadband to every community in America,” and Congress is poised to include funding to upgrade and expand broadband Internet networks in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan. As trade groups and labor unions lobby for funds to expand telecommunications systems, questions remain about how specific incentives and oversight policies will spur development and create jobs while avoiding waste and fraud.
We thank to Raquel Noriega for all the information that she sent us.
Resources:
Downloads
- A Connected Nation’s Summary of The Broadband Data Improvement Act October 9, 2008 [Download PDF - 173.2 KiB]
- Broadband Provisions in the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act [Download PDF - 243.5.2 KiB]
- Communications Workers of America Proposals to Stimulate Broadband Investment [Download PDF - 0.72 KiB]
- Developing a “National Broadband Strategy”: Understanding the OECD Data and Drivers of Broadband Adoption by George S. Ford [Download PDF - 0.48 KiB]
- The Digital Road to Recovery by Robert D. Atkinson, Daniel Castro and Stephen J. Ezell [Download PDF - 0.48 KiB]
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