The regulatory
environment for future mobile multimedia services |
In
2001, ITU held a workshop under its New Initiatives Programme on “Licensing
Policy for 3G mobile”. Five years later, 3G (or IMT-2000)
network deployment has finally begun to take off. But in the
meantime, the overall interest in new mobile services has not waned
– the number of mobile hit 2.14 billion in 2005, representing
almost a third of the world’s population. In addition, new wireless
broadband services are beginning to emerge as contenders for content
delivery. In this
regard, there has been a call for a re-evaluation of policy and
regulation of 3G, emerging wireless broadband services, and enhanced
mobile multimedia content and applications. At this time, it is incumbent upon
us to re-evaluate the regulatory environment for such services, an
environment characterized by fast-paced service innovation but also
by a number of important regulatory hurdles.
An international workshop to discuss
these matters was organized under the
ITU New Initiatives Programme in Mainz (Germany) in June 2006.
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Background Resources Website |
This website aims to provide a number of background resources
on the environment for future mobile multimedia services, and in particular on
the following subjects:
General
background resources (including competition issues)
Spectrum
Management
Consumer
Protection and Privacy
Legacy
Regulatory Issues
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ITU Newslog and Related Publications |
News from the ITU SPU Newslog
on:
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Mobile
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Wireless
Networks
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Ubiquitous
Networks
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ITU
Internet Report "The
Internet of Things", November 2005 |
ITU Internet Report "The
Portable Internet", Sept 2004
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ITU Internet Report
"Birth
of Broadband", Sept 2003
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ITU Internet Report "Internet
for a Mobile Generation", Sept 2002 |
Research project on "Mobile
overtakes fixed" (2003)
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ITU New Initiatives Workshop on the Regulatory
Environment for Future Mobile Multimedia Services (Mainz, 21-23 June
2006)
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