National roaming is a measure that can be agreed commercially between operators to extend coverage or can be imposed or facilitated by governments as a means to increase competition amongst networks. It has been used with varying degrees of success in a range of countries, notably in the...

This paper reviews the application of national antitrust law and the implementation of the European Union's telecommunications directives to the markets in the United Kingdom, against the declared policy objective of raising national competitiveness. It illustrates the complexity of the systems...

Twenty years of telecommunications market governance under the African National Congress (ANC) has seen a dramatic rise in access to telephony in South Africa, attributable to two mobile network operators licensed by the National Party (NP): MTN and Vodacom. Otherwise, the regulatory state...

Digital technologies are being adopted at a faster pace than previous waves of innovation, and their use is re-shaping administration and business, consumer behaviour and social interactions. They are subject to widely varying regimes, from lightly regulated but heavily standardised global...

A C21st bill of rights needs to address Internet-related issues such as collection and dissemination of personal data, lawful interception, provision of access, and government-enforced shutdowns. However, the uncertain nature of Internet access means firstly that it ought not to be a right, and...

Individuals involved in bribing officials in Haiti, in order to obtain reduced international interconnection rates from Haiti Teleco, were sentenced to jail terms in the US District Court for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Joel Esquenazi and Carlos Rodriguez received...

This paper analyses a collection of cases of corruption in telecommunications to identify failings and best practice in legislation, regulation and practice, plus measures to reduce occurrences. The Washington Consensus as applied to telecommunications creating efficient and competitive markets...

Survey data for the adoption of broadband and the Internet point to significant regional variations in the United Kingdom. While there continues to be growth at the UK level, the adoption of broadband in Scotland and in London appear to have stalled, in contrast to the three other nations. Rural...

In January 2012 the Westminster government offered to devolve to the Scottish Parliament the powers necessary to conduct a referendum on the independence of Scotland, with the possibility of repealing the Act of Union of 1707. This could return Great Britain to a Union of the Crowns, with...