World telecommunications economics
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Bibliographic Information
World telecommunications economics
（IEE telecommunications series, 41）
Institution of Electrical Engineers, c1999
Available at 2 libraries
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book bridges the worlds of the economist, the engineer, the regulator and the manager. It outlines the technology of the subject in sufficient detail to provide an understanding of the industry's economics, and presents a comprehensive picture of the markets into which its products and services are sold.
Service supply monopolies are dissolving under the combined pressures of technological change, managerial inventiveness and regulation, leading the industry into uncharted waters. Competition is appearing in the local loop. International telecommunications services have been among the fastest to change, both technologically and in market structure. These developments, along with resale operations and their associated cost structures are analysed, as are the comparative advantages of satellite and cable systems.
There are good economic reasons for optimism about what these changes will bring, not least in more efficient pricing and resource allocation, but important matters of public welfare are at stake, and these too are discussed.
Examples and statistics are drawn across the full range of the world's nations, offering insights which may be missed when concentrating on the rich countries alone. While the book is of most value to industry professionals, the clarity of its analysis makes it useful to anyone with a business or academic interest in telecommunications
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Telecommunications technology
Chapter 3: The world telecommunications economy
Chapter 4: The structure of demand
Chapter 5: The economics of supply
Chapter 6: Market structure and dynamics
Chapter 7: Cost structures in telecommunications operations
Chapter 8: Welfare economics for telecommunications
Chapter 9: Telecommunications service prices
Chapter 10: Industrial structure and ownership
Chapter 11: Forward planning
Chapter 12: Telecommunications policy and regulation
Chapter 13: Practical problems with regulation
Chapter 14: Universal service
Chapter 15: Performance measures
Chapter 16: Econometric modelling
Chapter 17: International telecommunications
Chapter 18: Strategic issues for suppliers and operators
Chapter 19: Diversification into less developed countries
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