Even during a “tech recession” there is relentless economic pressure for access to radio waves. But regulatory structures protect obsolete systems, squander productive bandwidth, and stymie new technologies. How can new rules be implemented that allow entrants easier access to markets, permitting consumers—rather than government planners—to decide the fate of new wireless services? In this symposium we explore efforts to unleash competition in wireless on both sides of the Atlantic.
AGENDA
| 8:30 A.M. - 8:55 A.M. | Registration, Coffee and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:55 A.M. - 9:00 A.M. | Introductory Remarks Thomas W. Hazlett, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute, and Director, Center for the Digital Economy at the Manhattan Institute |
| 9:00 A.M. -10:00 A.M. | Panel I: Regulation and the Potential Wireless Entrant Gregg Skall, Womble Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, PLLC Bert Halprin, Halprin Temple Toni Cook Bush, Northpoint Technology Bradley Holmes, ArrayComm |
| 10:00 A.M. - 10:15 A.M. | Break |
| 10:15 A.M. - 11:00 A.M. | The Economics & Politics of Radio Spectrum Reform in the UK Martin Cave, Director, Centre for Management Under Regulation, University of Warwick Professor Martin Cave is the author of the Review of Radio Spectrum Management, a comprehensive report commissioned by the British Government in 2002, and available online at: https://www.spectrumreview.radio.gov.uk |
| 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. | Panel II: Appraising the FCC’s Spectrum Policy Task Force Report Greg Rosston, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research Coleman Bazelon, Analysis Group/Economics Issued November 15, 2002, the Report is available at: https://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-228542A1.pdf |
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