Since the dawning of internet telecommunications in the 1970s, higher transmission rates for more advanced applications have been a major objective. Current broadband data speeds are over a thousand times as fast as early dial-up narrowband Internet services, and ultrabroadband (1 Gigabit per second or more) will be another thousand-fold increase. Ultrabroadband will also be more bi-directional in media applications, allowing users to also become information providers. The technical complexities are large. On the business level, these developments require substantial investment in the access, backhaul, and wireless segments, create new risks (and rewards) and lead to enormous new competitive overlaps. On the applications and content dimension, entirely new uses and genres become possible. And on the network level, the increased utilization levels will put new demands on communications infrastructure.

Ultrabroadband moves us to the next generation of telecommunications.

The Innovation and Regulation in Digital Services Chair, aims to contribute to the exploration of technological, financial, regulatory, international, and content dimensions of the next generation of broadband – “ultrabroadband” – and the vast changes in mass media, consumer electronics, and information systems that it will drive.

Jointly with the Columbia Institute for Tele Information (CITI) at Columbia Business School and with the support of KT, Telecom Italia and Orange, the Chair organize a seminar on “UltraBroadBand: the next generation of infrastructure and applications”, in Paris, on April 3 and 4, 2008. It brought together regulators, operators and academic researchers from the United States, Korea and Europe to examine the perspective of “UltraBroadBand”.

Following this seminar, a special issue of Communications and Strategies Journal was edited in November 2008 as a contribution to the understanding of the emerging environment.

Another seminar, organized by KT, also took place in Seoul in November 2008, carrying on this work on UBB.

EventsÉvénements

• 7^th conference on Economics of Information and Communication Technologies

  From January 24, 2014 to January 25, 2014

• UltraBroadBand

  Publié le 9 octobre 2008
• UltraBroadBand

  From April 3, 2008 to April 4, 2008

Publications

• Une vision d’opérateur sur les usages et déploiements de la 5G

  26 septembre 2017 .

  Eric Hardouin, Orange Labs

• Competition enhancing regulation and diffusion of innovation: the case of broadband networks
  22 octobre 2012 .
  Harald Gruber (European Investment Bank, Luxembourg) Pantelis Koutroumpis (Imperial College London)

  Presentation at the conference of the  Innovation & Regulation in Digital Services Chair, Oct. 2012, in on « Economics of ICTs».
• Broadband and Contributions to Economic Growth: Lessons from the U.S. Experience
  11 novembre 2008 .
  Lynne Holt and Mark Jamison, Public Utility Research Center, University of Florida, US

  Paper prepared for the Innovation & Regulation in Digital Services Chair, in the context of the conference organized in Paris, October 16 and 17, 2008, on « Telecommunications Infrastructure and Economic growth »
• Catching up in broadband regressions: Does Local Loop Unbundling Really Lead to Material Increases in OECD Broadband Uptake?
  11 novembre 2008 .
  Glenn Boyle, Bronwyn Howell (New Zealand Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation (ISCR), New Zealand), Wei Zhang Southern Illinois University, US

  Presentation at the conference organized by the Innovation & Regulation in Digital Services Chair, Paris, October 16 and 17, 2008, on « Telecommunications Infrastructure and Economic growth »
• Inconsistent Regulation, Market Structure and Broadband Adoption in the EU: A Dynamic Model
  11 novembre 2008 .
  Richard Cadman, SPC Network and ESRC, Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia, UK

  Presentation at the conference organized by the Innovation & Regulation in Digital Services Chair, Paris, October 16 and 17, 2008, on « Telecommunications Infrastructure and Economic growth »
• Efficiency of Public Promotion Policies and Broadband Diffusion. A Net Neutrality Perspective
  11 novembre 2008 .
  Francesc Miralles, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain

  Presentation at the conference organized by the Innovation & Regulation in Digital Services Chair, Paris, October 16 and 17, 2008, on « Telecommunications Infrastructure and Economic growth »
• Broadband and Contributions to Economic Growth: Lessons from the U.S. Experience
  11 novembre 2008 .
  Lynne Holt, Mark A. Jamison, Public Utility Research Center, University of Florida, US

  Presentation at the conference organized by the Innovation & Regulation in Digital Services Chair, Paris, October 16 and 17, 2008, on « Telecommunications Infrastructure and Economic growth »
• Broadband Policy: Growth, Jobs and Investment
  11 novembre 2008 .
  Robert W. Crandall, The Brookings Institution

  Presentation at the conference organized by the Innovation & Regulation in Digital Services Chair, Paris, October 16 and 17, 2008, on « Telecommunications Infrastructure and Economic growth »
• Broadband’s Economic Impact
  11 novembre 2008 .
  Marvin A. Sirbu, Carnegie Mellon University, US, William H. Lehr, Carlos A. Osorio. Sharon E. Gillett, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US

  Presentation at the conference organized by the Innovation & Regulation in Digital Services Chair, Paris, October 16 and 17, 2008, on « Telecommunications Infrastructure and Economic growth »
• Which networks for home services ?
  15 avril 2008 .
  Martial Bellec, Arnaud Joly, Vincent Olive, Orange Labs

  Presentation at the conference organized by the Innovation & Regulation in Digital Services Chair, in Paris, April, 3&4, 2008, on UltraBroadBand: The next generation of infrastructure and applications »
• 3D, a new opportunity
  15 avril 2008 .
  Philippe Delbary, Florent Cottinet, Orange Group

  Presentation at the conference organized by the Innovation & Regulation in Digital Services Chair, in Paris, April, 3&4, 2008, on UltraBroadBand: The next generation of infrastructure and applications »
• Ultra BroadBand infrastructure and services in the Next Generation Network
  15 avril 2008 .
  Toni Ciccardi, Telecom Italia Group

  Presentation at the conference organized by the Innovation & Regulation in Digital Services Chair, in Paris, April, 3&4, 2008, on UltraBroadBand: The next generation of infrastructure and applications »
• Overview of the situation of ultrabroadband in the world
  15 avril 2008 .
  Roland Montagne, Idate, France

  Presentation at the conference organized by the Innovation & Regulation in Digital Services Chair, in Paris, April, 3&4, 2008, on  »

  UltraBroadBand: The next generation of infrastructure and applications »
• Infrastructure sharing and ultrabroadband policies: an operator’s perspective
  15 avril 2008 .
  Lorenzo Pupillo, Telecom Italia

  Presentation at the conference organized by the Innovation & Regulation in Digital Services Chair, in Paris, April, 3&4, 2008, on UltraBroadBand: The next generation of infrastructure and applications »
• UBB competition from a two-sided market perspective
  15 avril 2008 .
  Beong-Geel Choi, KT, Korea

  Presentation at the conference organized by the Innovation & Regulation in Digital Services Chair, in Paris, April, 3&4, 2008, on UltraBroadBand: The next generation of infrastructure and applications »
• Macroeconomic Effects of Technological Transition
  15 avril 2008 .
  F. Collard, P. Feve & F. Portier, IDEI, France

  Presentation at the conference organized by the Innovation & Regulation in Digital Services Chair, in Paris, April, 3&4, 2008, on UltraBroadBand: The next generation of infrastructure and applications »
• Market structure for UltraBroadband: Should We Expect Multiple, Competitive UBB Access Infrastructures or Regulated Monopoly UBB Utility? (or Something Else?)
  15 avril 2008 .
  Bob Atkinson, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI), Columbia University Business School, NYC, US

  Presentation at the conference organized by the Innovation & Regulation in Digital Services Chair, in Paris, April, 3&4, 2008, on UltraBroadBand: The next generation of infrastructure and applications »
• Vision of the future from the point of view of a Regulatory Authority
  15 avril 2008 .
  Gabrielle Gauthey, member of the Board of ARCEP, (French Regulatory Authority)

  Presentation at the conference organized by the Innovation & Regulation in Digital Services Chair, in Paris, April, 3&4, 2008, on UltraBroadBand: The next generation of infrastructure and applications »
• Wholesale Pricing for Ultra Broadband Services
  15 avril 2008 .
  Pasquale Izzo, Telecom Italia Wholesale unit, Italy

  Presentation at the conference organized by the Innovation & Regulation in Digital Services Chair, in Paris, April, 3&4, 2008, on UltraBroadBand: The next generation of infrastructure and applications »
• Business Models of the Web 2.0: Advertising or the Tale of Two Stories
  15 avril 2008 .
  Kevin Mellet and Jean-Samuel Beuscart, OrangeLabs, France

  Presentation at the conference organized by the Innovation & Regulation in Digital Services Chair, in Paris, April, 3&4, 2008, on UltraBroadBand: The next generation of infrastructure and applications »
• Bundling and Economies of Scope in Ultrabroadband
  15 avril 2008 .
  Antonin Arlandis, Orange Labs, France

  Presentation at the conference organized by the Innovation & Regulation in Digital Services Chair, in Paris, April, 3&4, 2008, on UltraBroadBand: The next generation of infrastructure and applications »
• Quality of Service in Ultrabroadband models
  15 avril 2008 .
  Elias Aravantinos, ICT Consultant, CITI, Managing Director, Exelixisnet

  Presentation at the conference organized by the Innovation & Regulation in Digital Services Chair, in Paris, April, 3&4, 2008, on UltraBroadBand: The next generation of infrastructure and applications »
• Ultra Content for Ultra Broadband
  15 avril 2008 .
  Eli M. Noam, Director, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI), Columbia University Business School, NYC, US.

  Presentation at the conference organized by the Innovation & Regulation in Digital Services Chair, in Paris, April, 3&4, 2008, on UltraBroadBand: The next generation of infrastructure and applications »
• Ultrabroadband telco investment models
  15 avril 2008 .
  Raúl L. Katz, Director of Business Strategy Research, Columbia Institute of Tele-information. NYC, US.

  Presentation at the conference organized by the Innovation & Regulation in Digital Services Chair, in Paris, April, 3&4, 2008, on UltraBroadBand: The next generation of infrastructure and applications »
• KT’s Business Strategies toward the UBB Era
  15 avril 2008 .
  Kae Soo Lee, KT, Korea

  Presentation at the conference organized by the Innovation & Regulation in Digital Services Chair, in Paris, April, 3&4, 2008, on UltraBroadBand: The next generation of infrastructure and applications »