Mark Naftel, Lawrence J Spiwak

The Telecoms Trade War (eBook, PDF)

The United States, the European Union and the World Trade Organisation

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

If one were to believe the politicians and pundits in the trade press,the world is in midst of a "telecoms revolution," resulting from (the) deregulation and new competitive opportunities represented by the 1997 World Trade Organisation Agreement on Basic Telecommunications Services. This may be true. Unfortunately, however, the actions of many regulators and industry participants more accurately reveal not a telecoms "revolution" but instead a growing telecoms trade war that is dangerously close to spiralling out of hand. In this book, Naftel and Spiwak review U.S. and European competition and regulatory initiatives post-WTO and provide both a useful roadmap to today's U.S., EU and WTO telecoms regulation and an examination of various case studies to illustrate their points. In so doing, the authors discover unfortunately the sad reality that, despite the political rhetoric, regulators on both sides of the Atlantic have eschewed innovative and indeed productive solutions to create a market structure conducive to long-term competitive rivalry. Instead, the authors demonstrate that current policies reveal a growing cynicism towards the maximisation of consumer welfare that will be difficult - if not outright impossible- to remove.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2001
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781847312266
• Artikelnr.: 53175429

Autorenporträt

Mark Naftel is a telecommunications lawyer and Partner at Norton Rose Solicitors,London. He is also an Adjunct Fellow of the Phoenix Centre.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: ANALYTICAL AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK CHAPTER 1: Telecoms Policy for the
New Millennium CHAPTER 2: Why Restructure? CHAPTER 3: Analytical Framework
CHAPTER 4: Evaluating Competition in a Post-WTO World CHAPTER 5: The WTO
and the Reference Paper: An Ostensible Blueprint for Entry PART II: US
EFFORTS TO PROMOTE TELECOMS COMPETITION CHAPTER 6: From International
Competitive Carrier Paradigm to Effective Competitive Opportunities: The
FCC's International Policies Pre-WTO CHAPTER 7: US Policies Post-WTO Part
I-Benchmarks and Entry Fees CHAPTER 8: US Policies Post-WTO Part 2-The
Naked Politicisation of the American Legal System CHAPTER 9: "Do As I Say,
Not As I Do"-US Efforts at Promoting Local Telecoms Competition PART III:
EUROPEAN EFFORTS TO PROMOTE TELECOMS COMPETITION CHAPTER 10: EU
Foundations, Institutions and Policies CHAPTER 11: Europe's First Steps
Towards Telecoms Competition CHAPTER 12: Does the EU Regulatory Framework
Work in the Market? CHAPTER 13: The EU Approach to the Internet and Data
Protection CHAPTER 14: The EU's 1999 Telecommunications Review PART IV:
CASE STUDIES IN REGULATORY CYNICISM CHAPTER 15: Case Study: Comparing the
US and EU Approaches to Universal Service CHAPTER 16: Case Study: FCC's
International Spectrum Policies CHAPTER 17: Case Study: International
Submarine Cable Landing Petitions CHAPTER 18: Case Study: International
Mergers and Global Alliances CHAPTER 19: Conclusion: O Shame! Where is Thy
Blush? APPENDIX: The FCC's Competitive Carrier Paradigm