Innovation In Telecommunications Research Articles

Telecommunication rates and territorial aggregations

The diffusion of telecommunication technologies currently represents the main component of socio-economic changes. The effects induced by innovations in telecommunication, both on the socio-economic environment and on the organisation assets in the last few years, have frequently been investigated by many researchers. This paper defines a scheme of analysis which shows the effects of telecommunication rates on spatial organisation. The scheme is based on a hierarchical spatial interaction model which is used to simulate the telecommunication flows while the existing linkages between flows are being maintained. The objective is obtained by means of a simulation procedure that enables the analysis of three rates policies to be made and the corresponding revenues to be obtained. The first rate is based on the present rate, while a second is based on a linear function of distance and the third is based on a logarithmic function of distance (such a relationship simulates a certain independence with respect to total distance). Each of these supply rates policies can define different demand assets.

Competition and innovation in telecommunications: An empirical analysis of innovative telecommunications in the public interest

Abstract According to current opinion, competition in telecommunications stimulates innovation. However, there are reasons to believe that at least in some circumstances competition might lead to a decrease in product innovation. In this paper a cross-sectional statistical analysis is carried out on data for the OECD countries. A positive correlation is indeed found between competition and innovation. However, the level of economic development is an important mediating variable. The economies of emerging technologies in the local loop lead to the conclusion that especially in the mobile segment competition will stimulate innovation.

Telecommunications and the Changing Geographies of Knowledge Transmission in the Late 20th Century

Recent innovations in telecommunications and computing, enhanced by a global wave of deregulation and the emergence of post-Fordist production regimes, have unleashed profound transformations of various service sectors in the global economy. This paper first reviews the geographical repercussions of the explosion of information services, including the birth of electronic funds transfer systems, the growth of global cities and the dispersal of back offices to low-wage sites across the globe. Secondly, it explores the political economy and spatiality of the largest of these systems, the Internet. Thirdly, it summarises how the global division of labour has recently engendered the birth of 'new information spaces', places whose recent growth is contingent upon the introduction of telecommunications, citing as examples Singapore, Hungary and the Dominican Republic.

Competition in the local loop: Towards an anticyclical competition policy in telecommunications

This paper investigates which governmental policies are most suitable for creating an innovative telecommunications market at the local level, focusing on the relation between the local telecommunications network and local CATV networks. Regulatory policies must put more emphasis on competition instead of stimulating specific technological innovations. There is a need for an anticyclical competition policy which will enhance competition if the telecommunications market is insufficiently innovative and restrict competition if the market becomes extremely detrimental to innovation. The regulatory model to be applied to the local loop should not be the common carrier model, but rather the press model of regulation, providing free entry for all network operators and information suppliers to the telecommunications market.

Government regulation and innovation in local telephone services

This paper studies the effects of government regulation of local telephone services in the United States on the introduction of new telecommunication technologies and services. The traditional regulatory philosophy emphasizes the sensitivity of costs to distance because of the necessity for physical wire paths between communicating parties, and also uses the natural monopoly argument as a reason to deny entrance to competitors. Emerging telecommunication technologies involve costs that are time sensitive rather than distance sensitive, and economies of scale are no longer a determining factor in industry structure. A model contrasting the effects of optimal versus current regulatory policy on innovation in local telecommunications is presented. A forward-looking regulatory philosophy encouraging investments in innovative activities is preferable to a philosophy which emphasizes the treatment of past investments.

Standards and innovation in telecommunications

Various aspects of the process of establishing telecommunication standards are discussed. Specific examples from recent cases in voice communications illustrate the standardization process and various strategies used to reach common agreement. The characteristics of successful standards are summarized. A list of several organizations involved in telecommunication standards is included. >

Planning for the Information City: the Challenge and Response

The emergence of the information city based upon new technologies such as converging computer and telecommunications innovations may signify the onset of a new historical era, comparable with the social transformation wrought by the industrial revolution. New types of urban economy are being built around these new technologies and their applications. The paper describes the broad economic and technical aspects of the information city, goes on to consider the economic and social issues raised and evaluates some of the main policy alternatives currently being pursued by local authorities in different countries.

Brazil's satellite system: The politics of applications planning

The Brazilian Satellite System is likely to be the forerunner of a number of other national or regional satellite projects in developing countries. It provides a useful example of how policy planning for large-scale innovative telecommunications projects is being conducted in the Third World. This article examines the policy process surrounding the launching of Brazil's satellite, the political influences acting upon it, and the obstacles barring the way to its full utilization.

Technological Innovation and Employment in Telecommunications

In this paper we examine how the diffusion of technological innovation in the telecommunications industry influences employment levels across occupations and how a firm chooses among alternative personnel mechanisms to reach its target employment levels. We find that technological change has influenced the demand for different types of workers and has centralized office functions. The adjustment patterns to these demand changes differ by the union status, tenure, age, and gender composition of the affected occupations.

A knowledge-based system for the selection of appropriate work measurement techniques

As a result of technological advancements and telecommunication innovations the nature of work performed by all classes of workers has undergone drastic changes. This is evidenced by the increased automation of long-run, short-cycled manual work and the increased application of word processors and microcomputers in the office. These changes demand new and more structured approaches to measuring and controlling work. One such approach is the application of a knowledge-based system to select the most appropriate work measurement technique for determining the expected or “standard” task completion time, depending on the nature of the task.

Instructional Technology: Foundations.

Contents: R.M. Gagn , Introduction. R.A. Reiser, Instructional Technology: A History. R.M. Gagn , R. Glaser, Foundations in Learning Research. B.H. Banathy, Instructional Systems Design. R. Kaufman, S. Thiagarajan, Identifying and Specifying Requirements for Instruction. P.F. Merrill, Job and Task Analysis. C.M. Reigeluth, R.V. Curtis, Learning Situations and Instructional Models. S. Tobias, Learner Characteristics. M.L. Fleming, Displays and Communication. G.C. Nugent, Innovations in Telecommunications. C.V. Bunderson, D.K. Inouye, The Evolution of Computer-Aided Educational Delivery Systems. R.D. Tennyson, O.C. Park, Artificial Intelligence and Computer- Based Learning. E.L. Baker, H.F. O'Neil, Jr., Assessing Instructional Outcomes. R.M. Morgan, Planning for Instructional Systems. R.K. Branson, G. Grow, Instructional Systems Development. E. Burkman, Factors Affecting Utilization.

Advances in Optical Fiber Communications: An Historical Perspective

Following a decade of intensive research, optical fiber transmission emerged in the late 1970's as a major innovation in telecommunications. This paper reviews the progress in the field of optical fiber communication. Advances in the areas of fibers, cables, passive components, active devices, and systems are presented in historical perspective. Recent research and development accomplishments that are likely to have important impact on future systems are emphasized.

Innovations in Telecommunications and Politics

Innovations in Telecommunications and Politics

Estimating the Effects of Diffusion of Technological Innovations in Telecommunications: The Production Structure of Bell Canada

Estimating the Effects of Diffusion of Technological Innovations in Telecommunications: The Production Structure of Bell Canada

Telecommunications and Productivity

This collection includes papers by management consultants, academics, and corporate and government representatives that explore a range of economic, political, and social factors that affect the use of new telecommunications systems. The focus is on the impact of, and opportunities presented by, innovative telecommunications facilities and services in government, business and consumer sectors. The breadth of issues which are covered is ambitious. Discussions of relations between telecommunications systems and productivity, behavioural responses to new communication techniques, market structures and regulatory issues, case studies of telecommunication system implementation, and directions for future research are included. Much is promised. Unfortunately this collection does not provide a very realistic or constructive 'contribution to the multifaceted debate about the consequences of the "new information age".

Forecasting the use of innovative telecommunications services

When forecasting the demand for telecommunications, especially where new transmission facilities or other systems with high fixed costs are planned, it is necessary to establish if critical lower levels of demand will be exceeded and, if so, when. Because there is often only a limited and idiosyncratic history of use on which forecasts can be based, models based on the analysis of user choice must be created. Both diversion from existing activities and the generation of new demand need to be estimated. The author describes diversion models based on physical suitability, behavioural issues, and economic factors, taking examples from teleconferencing and electronic mail. The assessment of generation effects is also discussed.