Convergence and next generation networks and their potential impact on policies and regulations is the subject of this report, covering issues of competition in the new fibre environment, convergence of video, voice and data services, the rapid growth of new technologies, such as HDTV and mobile television, and the related demand for spectrum, as well...

Users' bandwidth demands continue to increase over time and this is leading internet service providers and telecommunication operators to find ways to meet these growing network capacity requirements. Operators have spent 20 years extending fibre backbones out to local main distribution frames but now many are working on pushing fibre ever closer to end-users in...