The development of information infrastructure in Hong Kong

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 713-725

  Lam, Pun Lee ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; ECONOMICS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MARKETING; PUBLIC POLICY; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES; VIDEO ON DEMAND;

TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 0032154796     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-5961(98)00038-X     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. In the first issue of 1997, the editorial of this journal addresses the new challenges for policy-makers in a multimedia information market. See Blackman, C. R., Editorial: regulatory multimedia. Telecommunications Policy, 1996, 20 (1), 1.
2. For more information about digital television, see the special issue of this journal in August 1997.
3. See IIAC (RF) Paper No. 1/97 and No. 2/97.
4. The position of HKTC is stated in IIAC (RF) Paper No. 3/97.
5. See South China Morning Post, 26 March 1996.
6. Grantly Brown has written an interesting paper on whether VOD is a broadcasting service. Refer to his speech in AIC Cable and Telephony Conference, 27-28 May 1996, Hong Kong. His paper is available upon request.
7. See Recreation and Culture Branch, Review of Pay TV Market, March 1996.
8. See Johnson, L. L., Toward Competition in Cable Television. The MIT Press, Cambridge 1994, p 76.
9. For detailed information about competition between LECs and cable companies, and public policy on video dialtone in the United States, please refer to Johnson, L. L., Toward Competition in Cable Television. The MIT Press, Cambridge, 1994.
10. Refer to Higham, N. and Lee, A., Broadband regulation - The OFTEL Consultative Document: beyond the telephone, the television and the PC. Telecommunications Policy, 1996, 20 (2), 131-139.
11. For details, refer to Mueller, M., Response to the Economic Services Branch's Consultation Paper: '1997 Telecommunications Review'. A paper prepared for The Hong Kong Centre for Economic Research, 11 April 1997;
12. and Mueller, M., Why Hongkong telecom not be granted a VOD licence? Hong Kong Economic Journal, 27 June 1997.
13. This natural monopoly approach to development of the national information infrastructure is discussed in Selwyn, L. L., Efficient public investment in telecommunications infrastructure. Land Economics, 1995, 71 (3), 331-342.
14. See Consumer Council, Ensuring Competition in the Dynamic Television Broadcasting Market, January 1996,
15. and Consumer Council, Achieving Competition in the Liberalized Telecommunications Market, March 1996. In April 1998, the Government eventually established a new bureau, called the Information Technology and Broadcasting Bureau, to design policies relating to the Information Technology in Hong Kong.
16. Details about the competition in Hong Kong's local telephone industry, refer to Lam, P. L., Transition to competition in Hong Kong's local telephone industry Telecommunications Policy, 1996, 21 (1).
17. Experience of franchise bidding system in the UK can be found in Cave, M. and Williamson, P., The reregulation of British broadcasting. In The Regulatory Challenge, eds M. Bishop J. Kay, and C. Mayer, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995.