Communication is a crucial basis for the development of each individuals social
identity as well as for intellectual and commercial exchange and economic development.
Therefore, the question is not whether telecommunications industries have a future but
what kind of future old and new players will have, given the dynamic changes in
technologies and markets with various opportunities, challenges, and discontinuities. This
book contains the results of a Transatlantic Symposium organized by the MuNCHNER KREIS and
supported by Georgetown University and its BMW Center for German and European Studies. The
symposium combined perspectives from industrial practice and academic research originating
from North America and Europe. Key issues were the technological drivers of change,
changing market structures and business models, and the nature of future regulation on
telecom markets.
Table of Contents
1 Welcome
1.1 Prof. Jeff Anderson, Georgetown University, School of Foreign Services, BMW Center for
German and European Studies (CGES)
1.2 Prof. Dr. Arnold Picot, Münchner Kreis and Konrad Adenauer Visiting Professor (CGES),
Georgetown University
2 Telecommunication Industries in Transition: Winning the Future through Innovation and
Change 5 Chair: Prof. Dr. Arnold Picot, Münchner Kreis and Georgetown University
2.1 Dr. Thomas Ganswindt, Siemens AG
2.2 Discussion
3 All IP - All IT - All Wireless: The Drivers of Change Chair: Prof. Dr. Jörg
Eberspächer, Munich University of Technology
3.1 Gary A. Cohen, General Manager, Global Communications Sector, IBM Corp.
3.2 Christine Heckart, Juniper Networks Inc., Sunnyvale
3.3 Dr. Thomas Ganswindt, Siemens AG, München
3.4 Discussion
4 Technology as Driver of Change in Telecommunications
Prof. Robert Calderbank, Princeton University
5.Market Structures and Business Models of the Future Consolidation or Persisting
Turbulence - Monopolization or Fragmentation: What will Future Telco-Markes look like?
Chair: Prof. Dennis Lockhart, Georgetown University
5.1 Perspective from USA
Prof. Eli Noam, Columbia University, Graduate School of Business, Columbia Institute for
Tele-Information (CITI)
5.2 Perspective from Europe
Dr. Karl-Heinz Neumann, General Manager WIK - Scientific Insitute for Communication
Services, Bad Honnef
5.3 Discussion
6 Determinants of Future Market Success
Chair: Prof. Dr. Thomas Hess, University of Munich
6.1 Prof. Michael Dowling, University of Regensburg
6.2 Eckart Pech, Detecon Inc., Reston
6.3 Prof Dr. Rolf T. Wigand, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
6.4 Discussion
7 How Much and What Kind of Regulation Will be Needed in the Networked World of Tomorrow?
Chair: Prof. Dr. Arnold Picot, Münchner Kreis und Georgetown University
7.1 Prof. John W. Mayo, Georgetown University
7.2 Prof. Stephen C. Littlechild, Judge Institute, University of Cambridge, UK
7.3 J. Gregory Sidak, American Enterprise Institute
7.4 Prof. Justus Haucap, Ruhr-University of Bochum
7.5 Prof. Robert C. Atkinson, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI)
7.6 Stefan Doeblin, Chairman Network Economy Group
Appendix
List of Speakers and Chairmen END
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