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International Telecom Expert to lecture at IPMZ
21st January 10
Johannes M. Bauer, Prof. in the Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media at Michigan State University, confirmed his participation as guest speaker of the Public Lecture Series that is part of the course «Digitale Destabilisierung: Medienwandel durch Konvergenz».
On May 18, 2010 he is going to lecture at the IPMZ about net neutrality and Internet development in Europe and the USA.
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Michael Latzer is part of an international research group that investigates the options for using the Digital Dividend in Austria. Other members are Arne Boernsen (AB Consulting), Tim Braulke (Infront Consulting & Management) and Joern Kruse (Helmut-Schmidt University, Hamburg). The study is commissioned by the Austrian regulator RTR and will assess different usage scenarios and develop policy recommendations for this highly contended issue.
The Digital Dividend, a product of digitalisation and convergence in the communications sector, denotes those frequencies that are freed up as a result of the switchover from analogue TV to more spectrally efficient digital TV. The digital dividend spectrum is suitable for a wide range of potential uses. The political decision of if and how this valuable freed up spectrum is used for mobile communication (e.g. broadband internet) and/or for broadcasting (e.g. HDTV) is heavily debated worldwide.
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