PTC has been conducting an annual essay competition designed to stimulate fresh inquiry into telecommunications-related topics. The competition is open to all individuals who are either actively working on a graduate degree or have obtained graduate level degrees (MA, MS, JD, PhD, etc.) within the last five years from the period of the competition.

The prize for the Essay Prize Competition in 2005 included a trip to the PTC’06 conference in Honolulu in January 2006 for the author of the winning research and/or policy paper.

PTC is pleased to announce the winner for the 2005 essay prize competition – Garth McGinley, an MS student in Information and Communication Sciences at the Ball State University in Indiana, USA.

Garth presented his winning paper on “The Public Policy of Wireless Broadband Access: Recommendations for Reform to Promote Universal Service” at the PTC’06 conference, 15-18 January 2006 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort and Spa in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

Our 2nd- and 3rd-place winners for this competition are:

2nd-place:
PREETAM GHOSH, PhD Student, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Texas in Arlington, USA
Essay entry: “A Centrally-Scheduled Photonic Container Switched Architecture for the Core Transport Network”

3rd-place:
HUI-FEI LIN, PhD Student and CHUN LIU, PhD Student, Mass Communications, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Essay entry - “Key Factors Affecting Cell Phone Purchase Decisions by Young Chinese Consumers”

On behalf of the research committee, we would like to thank all those who participated in our research activity. Your enthusiasm and contribution are greatly appreciated. We look forward to your continuing participation in our future research activities.

Aloha,
The PTC Secretariat