Where we want to be. Communications is the distribution system for information, just as roads, trains, and airplanes are for physical goods. To facilitate innovation, communications must become a normal competitive industry, like roads or publishing and unlike today's telephony or cable television. A new service doesn't have to develop its own distribution system, and therefore faces lower barriers to entry. What makes this possible.
Digital information is universal.
Similarly, it is easy and cheap to convert digital information from one form to another. This means that digital information can use a generic rather than a specialized distribution system. How to get there. The communications industry is heavily regulated today, so progress toward this ideal depends a lot on the regulations. Regulate distribution and services separately.