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Call for Papers: Infrastructure Regulation: What works, Why, and How do we know?
Deadline: 05 December 2008.




Colloquium on Research and Policy Processess

by
Tahani Iqbal
on June 7, 2007
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Rohan Samarajiva and Helani Galpaya discuss how research can influence the policy process.

We are an evidence-based policy organization. We work around:
Inputs (money, people, etc etc)
Outputs (reports, training courses, etc)
Outcomes (positive changes in the policy process)

IDRC: Putting money into research organizations which produce knowledge produces development. Not just putting money into ICTs.

Ways that research can affect policy:
1. directly, by getting an actual policy implemented or changed (rare cases)
2. ‘enlightenment’ - where research brings enlightenment, providing new insights etc.

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Google proposes real-time auction for efficient spectrum use

by
Divakar Goswami
on May 22, 2007
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Google has proposed to the FCC that instead of getting into long-term contracts for allocating spectrum, companies buying spectrum should be free to resell the spectrum in real-time auctions. This would probably not involve human beings in protracted auction negotiations but rather negotiations between devices in real-time. Since FCC’s auction is done at the wholesale level it would probably involve companies reselling spectrum that they won to consumers on real-time basis.

NYT: “The driving reason we’re doing this is that there are not enough broadband options for consumers,” said Adam Kovacevich, a spokesman for Google’s policy office in Washington. “In general, it’s the belief of a lot of people in the company that spectrum is allocated in an inefficient manner.”

“In their proposal, Google executives argue that…

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