Session 4 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 international co-operation, have emerged.
We illustrate the new tensions on the governance plane by looking at the case of standard setting and standard wars. The session will conclude with an analysis of current net neutrality rules and initiatives in the US, EU and Switzerland.
Reading materials on OLAT: Ian Walden, ch. 16 International Telecommunications Law (without WTO)
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 and Restoring Internet Freedom Order, 2018
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