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Advances in telecommunications have rapidly brought nations together to share in research, development, and cultural exchange. RAND research on telecommunications includes development of satellites, surveillance, and other new technologies, as well as related questions of standards, authority, and the rights to private data.

Report

Power to the People: The Role of Consumer-Controlled Personal Health Management Systems in the Evolution of Employer-Based Health Care Benefits

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has piqued employers' interest in new benefit designs. This paper reviews consumer-controlled personal health management systems that could help individuals control and manage their health care.

Sep 13, 2011
Report

Policy Implications of Convergence in the Online Content Market

The independent telecommunication regulator of the Netherlands, OPTA, commissioned RAND Europe to explore convergence in the market for digital information and communication. The research report assesses the consequences for telecommunication regulators and regulation and explores specific issues, such as spectrum policy and net neutrality, with the ultimate goal of drawing useful lessons from approaches applied in United States, United Kingdom and South Korea.

May 23, 2011
Multimedia

Forerunner of the Internet: Early RAND Work in Distributed Networks and Packet Switching (1960–1965)

In this video, Paul Baran discusses his work on distributed networks and packet switching at a RAND Alumni Association event.

Oct 6, 2009
Journal Article

Mobile Technology and Action Teams: Assessing Blackberry Use in Law Enforcement Units

This research explores the effectiveness of mobile wireless information and communication technologies for law enforcement teams.

Jan 1, 2009
Research Brief

Can Internet TV have frontiers? RAND Europe informs the European Commission's TVWF impact assessment

This brief summarizes the results of RAND Europe research, requested by the European Commission (EC) to inform the EC's assessment of options for revising and extending the existing 'TV Without Frontiers' (TVWF) Directive.

Jan 12, 2007
Report

Assessing Indirect Impacts of the EC Proposals for Video Regulation

This study concludes that the EC's proposed Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMS), which extends television broadcast regulation to Internet Protocol delivery, does not offer firms sufficient regulatory certainty.

Sep 12, 2006
Report

Handbook of Legal Procedures of Computer and Network Misuse in EU Countries

A comprehensive and up-to-date collection of information on rules, regulations and laws concerning computer misuse in all 25 European Union (EU) countries.

Mar 24, 2006
Journal Article

Critical Infrastructures Will Remain Vulnerable: Neighbourhoods Must Fend for Themselves

Critical infrastructures in the US will remain vulnerable to a variety of attacks, both physical and cyber, into the foreseeable future.

Jan 1, 2004
Report

Enabling the Information Society by Stimulating the Creation of a Broadband Environment in Europe: Analyses of Evolution Scenarios for Future Networking Technologies and Networks in Europe

Analyzes of the development of electronic networks in Europe and North America and their technical, economic and political drivers.

Jan 1, 2003
Report

TEN Telecom Guidelines Status Review

Assesses the future needs and prospects for the Trans-European Network Telecom Action and develops a vision by which to revise its guidelines.

Jan 1, 2003
Report

You've Got Dissent! Chinese Dissident Use of the Internet and Beijing's Counter-Strategies

An analysis of the political use of the Internet by Chinese dissidents, both in the PRC and abroad, and the counterstrategies that Beijing has employed to prevent or minimize its impact.

Feb 1, 2002
Report

An Evaluation of Phare-Financed Telecommunications and Posts Programmes: Final Report

Since 1990, the European Union has provided support to the current Central and Eastern European candidate member states through the use of the

Jan 1, 2000
Report

Reengineering DoD Recruiting

The Army's recruiting program is a critical element in maintaining the quality of the force. But recruiting has become increasingly more difficult. This paper proposes testing an integrated recruiting system based on commercial telemarketing techniques.

Jan 1, 1997
Report

Government investment in telecommunications infrastructure

Government investment in telecommunications infrastructure

Jan 1, 1995
Report

Telecommunications Infrastructure Competition: The Costs of Delay

... examines the experience of the United States, the United Kingdom and other OECD countries that introduced infrastructure competition, principally for long-distance telephone service, during the 1980s.

Jan 1, 1995
Report

U.S.-Japan Trade Relations in Telecommunications Equipment Markets

The U.S. telecommunications trade deficit with Japan has risen during the last decade, and some have alleged that Japan has engaged in "one-sided" trade and "unfair" competition.

Jan 1, 1993
Report

Advances in Telecommunications Technologies That May Affect the Location of Business Activities

Describes developments in telecommunications that may have a special bearing on choices about geographical location for business activities, and it offers some thoughts about possible broader effects on society.

Jan 1, 1991
Report

Telecommunications and Information Technology Standard-Setting in Japan: A Preliminary Survey

Describes and analyzes telecommunications and information technology standard-setting in Japan, with particular emphasis on the roles of the Telecommunications Technology Committee (TTC), the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications,...

Jan 1, 1991
Report

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute: A Preliminary Analysis

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) was formed to accelerate standardization and promote greater harmonization among European telecommunications systems.

Jan 1, 1991
Report

Price Caps in Telecommunications Regulatory Reform

There has been a longstanding debate about the perverse incentives associated with the "cost plus" nature of rate-of-return (ROR) regulation. The notion of imposing price caps as a substitute for ROR regulation has attracted attention because it (1) ...

Jan 1, 1989

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