Harry M. ("Chip") Shooshan is a Partner at Analysys Mason, based in the Washington DC office. With 26 years of consulting experience, Chip's expertise has included extensive work in the areas of competition policy, regulatory reform, the emergence of mobile and IP platforms and mass media. His main focus has been on the impact of new technologies on markets and on consumer demand.
Chip has also conducted extensive research studies of end users to identify changing consumer attitudes and market trends. He has appeared as an expert witness in a variety of regulatory and legal proceedings and has consulted for a wide range of private companies and government bodies both within the United States and around the world. In addition to consulting, Chip served for 11 years on Capitol Hill and for 16 years as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Centre.
In recent weeks, publications as diverse as The Economist (2/23/08) and Wired (March 2008) have voiced the strong opinion that “Hollywood” is making a mistake by fighting digital distribution of their products via the Internet....
Although you can buy some kind of broadband connection almost anywhere on the planet, prices for mass-market broadband services like DSL and cable modem are not as low as people would like.
iPhone revenue share deals will bring plenty of high-value customers, but also foreshadow potentially dangerous territory for mobile operators. If operators give away too much leverage, they may have a bleak future as the next generation of dumb pipes.
Historically, fixed and mobile narrowband markets have been perceived as separate by regulators on both sides of the Atlantic. However, as mobile voice services become increasingly affordable, and users opt for the convenience of...
In his book Being Digital, Nicholas Negroponte, the founder of MIT's Media Lab, predicted that the world was moving from one where telephone calls were made over fixed wires and television was delivered wirelessly, to one where just the reverse obtained. Dubbed 'the Negroponte Switch,' this prediction caused quite a stir at the time.
