Telecommunications Policy for the 1990s and Beyond

Telecommunications Policy for the 1990s and Beyond

Author: Walter G. Bolter

Publisher: M.E. Sharpe

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 9780873325868

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This book analyzes the development of the telecommunications industry since the AT&T divestiture. The reference work examines the technological revitalization of the telecommunications industry from the perspective of global markets and from these trends considers the implications for regulatory policy in the future.


Global Markets and Government Regulation in Telecommunications

Global Markets and Government Regulation in Telecommunications

Author: Kirsten Rodine-Hardy

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-03-25

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 1107311020

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In recent years, liberalization, privatization and deregulation have become commonplace in sectors once dominated by government-owned monopolies. In telecommunications, for example, during the 1990s, more than 129 countries established independent regulatory agencies and more than 100 countries privatized the state-owned telecom operator. Why did so many countries liberalize in such a short period of time? For example, why did both Denmark and Burundi, nations different along so many relevant dimensions, liberalize their telecom sectors around the same time? Kirsten L. Rodine-Hardy argues that international organizations – not national governments or market forces – are the primary drivers of policy convergence in the important arena of telecommunications regulation: they create and shape preferences for reform and provide forums for expert discussions and the emergence of policy standards. Yet she also shows that international convergence leaves room for substantial variation among countries, using both econometric analysis and controlled case comparisons of eight European countries.