Government Reports Annual Index
Government Reports Annual Index

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Publisher:

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 1316

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Sections 1-2. Keyword Index.--Section 3. Personal author index.--Section 4. Corporate author index.-- Section 5. Contract/grant number index, NTIS order/report number index 1-E.--Section 6. NTIS order/report number index F-Z.

The Evolution of Untethered Communications
The Evolution of Untethered Communications

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1998-01-01

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9780309059466

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In response to a request from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the committee studied a range of issues to help identify what strategies the Department of Defense might follow to meet its need for flexible, rapidly deployable communications systems. Taking into account the military's particular requirements for security, interoperability, and other capabilities as well as the extent to which commercial technology development can be expected to support these and related needs, the book recommends systems and component research as well as organizational changes to help the DOD field state-of-the-art, cost-effective untethered communications systems. In addition to advising DARPA on where its investment in information technology for mobile wireless communications systems can have the greatest impact, the book explores the evolution of wireless technology, the often fruitful synergy between commercial and military research and development efforts, and the technical challenges still to be overcome in making the dream of "anytime, anywhere" communications a reality.

Vertical Integration in Cable Television
Vertical Integration in Cable Television

Author: David Waterman

Publisher: MIT Press (MA)

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 224

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"Vertical ownership ties between cable television programming suppliers, such as CNN, HBO, and the Discovery Channel, and multiple cable television system operators, such as Time Warner and TCI, have become extensive. Many claim that such ownership ties reduce programming diversity, restrict entry of competitors to cable, such as local telephone exchange carriers or direct broadcast satellites, or have other socially undesirable effects." "David Waterman and Andrew A. Weiss address those and related issues from an economic perspective. On the basis of that analysis, they conclude that to the extent there are economic or other social problems with the cable television industry's performance, policy solutions to those problems lie not with regulatory or other constraints on vertical ownership but with reducing the horizontal market power of the multiple cable television system operators. In a postscript the authors evaluate the Federal Trade Commission's approval of the Time Warner-Turner Broadcasting merger."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

The Changing Nature of Telecommunications/Information Infrastructure
The Changing Nature of Telecommunications/Information Infrastructure

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1995-04-27

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 030905091X

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Advancement of telecommunications and information infrastructure occurs largely through private investment. The government affects the rate and direction of this progress through regulation and public investment. This book presents a range of positions and perspectives on those two classes of policy mechanism, providing a succinct analysis followed by papers prepared by experts in telecommunications policy and applications.