The telecommunications industry is being transformed by contradictory forces: on the one hand, the trend toward global expansion by carriers, and on the other hand, fragmentation and entry in local communications. These transformations represent two sides of the same issue: a blurring of market boundaries created through technical innovation, policy liberalization, user initiatives and entrepreneurialism. The result is a complex web of overlapping network definitions, product and service markets, carrier types, technical standards, government policies, financial arrangements, and cooperative ventures. This volume discusses the complexities of these bi-polar forces and maps out the policy issues which need to be addressed today and in the future.
| ISBN: | 9780444823823 |
| Publication date: | 16th March 1997 |
| Author: | Eli M. Noam |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Science Ltd an imprint of Emerald Publishing Limited |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 432 pages |
| Genres: |
Media, entertainment, information and communication industries |