Net neutrality: religious or secular war?

Some years ago I was reading one of those very thought provoking articles in the end of year bumper edition of the Economist.  The gist of the article was that you could compare societies along different dimensions and depending on the dimension you chose could get very different groupings to those we are familiar with.  …

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(Digital and mobile) money, money, money

Trying to write an interesting blog about the intersection of law, policy and regulation with telecoms and technology is somewhat challenging.   Three posts in and I seem to be relying on references to popular culture to pep things up – this time 1970s disco. The use of stored value in the form of money is the cornerstone of …

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Key telecoms regulatory issues for 2011 (do too many connectives watch star trek?)

With my first post done, I thought it best to try and provide a little substantive content.  Two years ago, I spent some time interviewing various CEOs, strategy and regulatory directors in various international communications companies to get their thoughts on the big issues that were coming up.  With the end of the year approaching …

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Watching the connectives?

First post.  It feels slightly intimidating, so I thought that describing the thought process that has brought me here and what I want to achieve would be a good start. I turned 40 this year and it is the mark of a generational shift that I have ended up as a senior technology and telecoms lawyer without …

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