session 3. international telecommunication rules.

Session 3 looks at the telecommunications rules at the international level. This entails an analysis of the law and policies of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), which happens to be the oldest intergovernmental organization. The session includes also an enquiry into the rules related to satellite communications. We will also explore how the communications rules have changed over time and how new regulatory models, which move away from the traditional inter-national co-operation, have emerged. The session will conclude with an analysis of current net neutrality initiatives.

Reading materials
Walden, International Telecommunications 
 

Optional
Palfrey and Gasser, Interop, chapter 1 
Benkler, The Wealth of Networks, chapter 11
MacKinnon, United Nations and the Internet: It's Complicated, Foreign Policy, August 2012
US Federal Communication Commission, Open Internet Press Release, 2015