Global connections : international telecommunications infrastructure and policy /

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Author / Creator:Hudson, Heather E.
Imprint:New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1997.
Description:xvi, 576 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2759025
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ISBN:0442023626
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 505-536) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. New Technologies and Applications
  • 3. The Major Players: The Telecommunications Industry and Users
  • 4. Structural Models of the Telecommunications Industry
  • 5. Restructuring the Telecommunications Sector: the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan
  • 6. The Telecommunications Sector in Industrialized Countries
  • 7. The European Union: Telecommunications Policies and Initiatives
  • 8. The Role of Telecommunications in Socioeconomic Development
  • 9. Telecommunications Planning for Developing Regions: Extending the Infrastructure
  • 10. Telecommunications in Eastern Europe and Russia
  • 11. Asia: Demand and Diversity
  • 12. Telecommunications in Asia's Emerging and Industrializing Economies
  • 13. Telecommunications in Latin America and the Caribbean
  • 14. International Satellite Communications
  • 15. International Networks and Competition
  • 16. The International Policy Environment: The Players
  • 17. The International Policy Environment: Current Issues and Challenges
  • 18. Future Directions in International Telecommunications
  • App. A. Sources of Information on the Internet.