Telecommunications in the Pacific Basin : an evolutionary approach
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Bibliographic Information
Telecommunications in the Pacific Basin : an evolutionary approach
(Communication and society)
Oxford University Press, 1994
Available at 30 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This comprehensive book examines the current state of telecommunications in the Pacific Basin. The first part consists of analytic articles on the evolution of telecommunication networks in the region, a comparison of deregulation policies in the different countries, and an analysis of public and private cooperation in international informatics. The second part reviews telecommunications networks in individual countries such as China, Hong Kong, South Korea,
Indonesia, Australia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Canada, New Zealand, and Japan.
Table of Contents
Contributors
Introduction
I. The Evolution of Telecommunication Networks
1: Eli M. Noam: The Three Stages of Network Evolution
2: Tsurhiko Nambu: A Comparison of Deregulation Policies
3: Peter F. Cowhey: Public and Private Cooperation in International Infomatics
II. Network Formations
4: Lian Xiong-jian and Zhu You-nong: China
5: Ken Zita: China: Steps Toward Political and Financial Reform
6: Jonathan L. Parapak: Indonesia
7: Vincent Lowe: Malaysia and Indonesia: Telecommunications Restructuring
8: Fong Chan Onn: Malaysia
9: Meheroo Jussawalla: Pacific Island Nations
10: Thomas G. Aquino: The Philippines
11: Srisakdi Charmonman: Thailand
III. Advanced Networks in Transition
12: Trevor Barr: Australia
13: Jerome J. Day, Jr.: Hong Kong
14: Eddie C. Y. Kuo: Singapore
15: Kwang-Yung Choo and Myung-Koo Kang: South Korea: Structure and Changes
16: Keuk Je Sung: South Korea: Telecommunications Policies into the 1990s
17: Tseng Fan-Tung and Mao Chi-Kuo: Taiwan: Changes in the Environment for Development
18: Chintay Shih and Yeo Lin: Taiwan: Changes in the Environment for Development
IV. Beyond Universal Service
19: Hudson N. Janisch and Bohdan S. Romaniuk: Canada
20: Patrick G. McCabe: New Zealand: The Unique Experiment in Deregulation
21: Herbert S. Dordick: New Zealand: Testing the Limits of Nonregulation
22: Youichi Ito and Atsushi Iwata: Japan: Creating the Domestic and International Network
23: Susumu Nagai: Japan: Technology and Domestic Deregulation
24: Eli M. Noam: The United States
25: Douglas A. Conn: The Important Links in Pacific Basin Telecommunications
Acronyms
Index
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