The report of the 2018 Aspen Institute Conference on Communications Policy explores regulatory structures to incentivize the deployment of communications infrastructure to unserved areas and ways to promote competition and protect consumers on the internet.
…the focus should be on government creation of public goods, a commitment to entrepreneurship and innovation, social justice, and an international agenda.
…the rollout of 5G will actually increase, not lessen, the mobile wireless digital divide.
Public-private partnerships provide the opportunity to marry local knowledge with private sector expertise in service provision.
This report is written from the perspective of an informed observer at the Aspen Institute Conference on Communications Policy. Unless attributed to a particular person, none of the comments or ideas contained in this report should be taken as embodying the views or carrying the endorsement of any specific participant at the Roundtable.