The NCSU Center for Information Society Studies invites you to a Research Seminar in the Distinguished Lecture Series, sponsored by the Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology, & Science.
Dr. Steve Wildman
Michigan State University
"Likely Developments and Pressing Policy Issues
In the Market for Residential Broadband Services:
A Research Presentation"
Friday, December 1 2000
12:15pm - 1:30pm
Page Hall, Room 109 (building 34 on map)
NC State University
About the talk
While the market for residential broadband services has begun to take
off, technological developments that will impact these services are not
yet well understood and critical policy issues that will influence the
character and quality of services
provided have yet to be resolved. This talk looks at projections for
broadband market growth, possible future developments in the nature of
broadband services, and the issues government policy makers must address
in developing a national broadband policy.
About Dr. Steve Wildman
Steven S. Wildman is the James H. Quello Professor of Telecommunication
Studies and Director of the Quello Center for Telecommunication
Management and Law at Michigan State University. Prior to joining
Michigan State in Fall 1999, Dr. Wildman was Associate Professor of
Communication Studies and Director of the Program in Telecommunications
Science, Management & Policy at Northwestern University. Earlier
positions include Senior Economist with Economists Incorporated and
Assistant Professor of Economics at UCLA. Dr. Wildman holds a PhD in
economics from Stanford University and a BA in economics from Wabash
College. He is well-known for his research and publications on
economics and policy for communication industries. In addition to
numerous articles and book chapters, Dr. Wildman has authored or edited
the following books: International Trade in Films and Television
Programs (Ballinger, 1988); Electronic Services Networks: A Business
and Public Policy Challenge, (Praeger, 1991); Video Economics (Harvard
University Press, 1992); and Making Universal Service Policy: Enhancing
the Process Through Multidisciplinary Evaluation (Lawrence Erlbaum
Associates, 1999). Topics addressed in recent publications and ongoing
research include legal and regulatory rules for transitioning from
regulation to competition in telecommunications; the economics of
bundling for information goods, and access policies and investment for
communication industries.