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Communications and Convergence

This conference will focus on ways to encourage thriving digital economies, and will examine in particular the impact of regulation on productivity, and on growth in next generation networks.

The conference will also seek answers to why ICT and new media deployment in the United States has led to greater increased productivity and GDP than so far experienced in Europe. While there are many explanations for this, this conference will look at the impact of regulation on productivity and growth in next generation networks, and at whether regulation gets in the way of innovation and creativity or serves to encourage it?

The conference will also examine the extent to which the European Commission’s proposals for modification of the Communications Regulatory Framework, and for a new Audiovisual Media Services directive provide this encouragement in Europe.

Looking further ahead, policy makers around the world are starting to confront the issues that the post-switchover, broadband-enabled market will raise in the next decade. The event will also see the launch of an Ofcom publication that will take a longer term view of the regulatory challenges posed by dynamic and fast changing markets beyond 2010.

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