Alan Stone

How America Got On-line

Politics, Markets, and the Revolution in Telecommunication

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The telecommunications industry is the most dynamic sector of the U.S. economy and a driving force of economic and social change worldwide. In this study of the interplay of technological innovation, entrepreneurship, and public policy, the author of Wrong Number: The Breakup of AT&T traces the telecommunication industry's evolution from the invention of the telegraph to the introduction of the web. In the process he shows how once discrete communications sectors have converged in a new hypercommunications structure that is reshaping the world economy. In its interdisciplinary reach, the book examines engineering, judicial, legislative, and administrative developments as well as the internal policies and external relations of firms such as AT&T. Finally, and with appropriate caution, the author attempts to assess the probable future impact of telecommunications on public life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9781563245763
• ISBN-10: 1563245760
• Artikelnr.: 21455384

Autorenporträt

Alan Stone

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 From the Telegraph to Hypercommunications
Chapter 2 The Rise of AT&T
Chapter 3 The Assault Begins
Chapter 4 MCI and the Long-Distance Challenge
Chapter 5 The Biggest Case in History
Chapter 6 Internationalization and Competition
Chapter 7 The Wireless Revolution
Chapter 8 A Marriage Made in Heaven: Computers and Communications
Chapter 9 Telecommunications Turbulence