In recent years, Australians have begun to realise the contribution that telecommunications and competitive media can make to the development of a prosperous and socially viable nation. With that realisation, broadband has moved to the centre of the policy agenda. This report focuses on the current Australian broadband debate. How do we deliver the best information services to customers in different situations across the country?

Contents and contributors:

1. The ‘Four Digital Doors’ – a CEDA Research perspective on digital competition - Michael Porter, Director, CEDA Research

2. Building the broadband network - Martin Cave, Professor and Director of the Centre for Management under Regulation, Warwick Business School

3. Creating an efficient national broadband network - Joshua Gans, Professor of Economics, Melbourne Business School

4. A policy framework for a new broadband network - Henry Ergas and Eric Ralph, Concept Economics

5. Broadband in the US – myths and facts - Jeffrey Eisenach, Chairman, Empiris LLC

6. The European experience – regulating broadband services - Jim Holmes, Director, Incyte Consulting

Related identifier: ISBN 0 85801 271 5 | ISSN 0085 1280