Wireless Technologies: Enabling Innovation and Economic Growth

This conference explored the economic consequences of wireless technologies for firms, consumers and society and is intended to host prominent scholars, business people, and policy makers to better understand the linkages between the introduction of wireless technologies and changes in the structure of economic activities.

Panels include discussions on:

• The state of the U.S. wireless sector
• Impediments and facilitators for adoption of wireless innovations
• Emerging wireless technologies and enabling spectrum policy
• Structural change and regulatory intervention

PDF of the agenda

Write-up of the event

Powerpoint slides and video via blip.tv are available for the following presentations:

Welcome & Keynote – video

• Featuring John Mayo, Glenn Woroch, and Steve Zipperstein, Verizon Wireless, General Counsel & VP of Legal and External Affairs

State of the U.S. Wireless Sector – video

• Ingo Vogelsang, Boston University, “The Relationship Between Mobile/Wireless and Fixed Line Communications: A Survey“
• Gerry Faulhaber, University of Pennsylvania, “Economic and Social Impact of Mobile Telephony“
• Moderator: Glen Woroch, University of California, Berkeley

Impediments and Facilitators for Adoption of Wireless Innovations – video

• Harald Gruber, European Investment Bank, “Diffusion of Innovations in Wireless Communications: An International Comparison” written with Anders Bohlin and Pantelis Koutroumpis
• Anne Layne-Farrar, LECG, “Royalty Stacking in Mobile Telecom: A Closer Look at the Evidence” written with A. Jorge Padilla
• Heli Koski, ETLA, “New Product Development and Firm Value In Mobile Handset Production” written with Tobias Kretschmer
• Discussant, Jeffrey Macher, Georgetown University “Impediments and Facilitators for Adoption of Wireless Innovations: Discussion Comments“
• Moderator: Walter Strack, FCC

Emerging Wireless Technologies and Enabling Spectrum Policy – video

• Moderator, Evan Kwerel, FCC
• Scott Wallsten, Georgetown Center for Business & Public Policy, “Secondary Spectrum Markets” written with John Mayo
• Bill Lehr, MIT, “Wireless broadband needs to be rethought: the case for hybrid wireless and the role of DSA”
• Bill Sharkey, FCC, “Employing Market Mechanisms to Manage Radio Spectrum” written with Mark Bykowsky and Mark Olson
• Discussant, Tom Hazlett, Professor of Law & Economics, George Mason University

Structural Change and Regulatory Intervention – video

• Moderator, Howard Shelanski, Professor of Law, University of California, Berkley
• Brendan Cunningham, U.S. Naval Academy, “Network Growth: Theory and Evidence from the Mobile Telephone Industry” written by Peter Alexander and Adam Candeub
• Greg Rosston, Stanford University, “An Antitrust Analysis of the Case for Wireless Net Neutrality” written with Michael Topper, Cornerstone Research
• Glen Woroch, UC Berkeley, “The Effect of Prices on Fixed and Mobile Telephone Penetration: Using Price Subsidies as Natural Experiments” written with Michael Ward
• Discussant, Nathan Goldstein, Department of Justice

Panel Discussion – video

• Carolyn Brandon, CTIA
• Richard Clarke, AT&T
• Michelle Connolly, FCC