The UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is a body set up by Royal Charter for the promotion of social science research. In August 1985, Council established a major Programme on Information and Communication Technologies (PICT) to examine the important and pervasive long-term societal...

The dominant activity in telecom reform is now shifting from policy development to implementation. This is a more difficult task that depends heavily on competent, independent regulation in both developed and developing countries. A speed up in the remaining steps to complete full institutional...