Abstract
Eli M. Noam is professor of finance and economics at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business and director of the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information. His expertise in telecommunications policy matters has earned him a stint as a New York State Public Service Commissioner engaged in telecommunications and energy regulation, and service as a board member for the federal government's FTS-2000 telephone network, the IRS's computer modernization project, and the National Computer Lab. Noam has published widely on domestic & international telecommunications, television, information and regulation topics.