Kevin G Wilson

Deregulating Telecommunications

U.S. and Canadian Telecommunications, 1840-1997

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Deregulating Telecommunications critically examines the transition from monopoly to competition in the U.S. and Canadian telecommunications industries. Accessibly written with a minimum of technical language, this thorough yet concise book looks at the history of the telephone industry, its regulation, and over a century of related public policy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 149mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 426g
• ISBN-13: 9780847698257
• ISBN-10: 0847698254
• Artikelnr.: 21046926

Autorenporträt

By Kevin G. Wilson

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 General Introduction Part 2 Part I: From Competition to Monopoly:
The Consolidation and Regulation of U.S. and Canadian Telecommunications
(1846-1946) Chapter 3 Introduction to Part I Chapter 4 Telegraph and
Telephone: The Birth and Consolidation of the U.S. Telecommunications
Industry (1840-1936) Chapter 5 Telegraph and Telephone: Building the
Canadian Telecommunications Mosaic (1846-1946) Chapter 6 The Regulation of
the Telephone Industry As a Public Utility: History, Theory, and Practice
Chapter 7 Conclusion to Part I Part 8 Part II: From Monopoly to
Competition: The Deregulation of U.S. and Canadian Telecommunications
(1946-1997) Chapter 9 Introduction to Part II Chapter 10 The Power of
Ideas: The Beginning of the End of Monopoly in Telecommunications Chapter
11 Step By Step toward Deregulation in the United States Chapter 12 Local
Network Competition and the Deregulation of Enhanced Services in the United
States Chapter 13 The Canadian Approach to Deregulation Chapter 14 From
Enhanced Services to Local Network Competition: The Canadian Approach
Chapter 15 Conclusion to Part II Chapter 16 General Conclusion Chapter 17
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