Asymmetric Deregulation: The Dynamics of Telecommunications Policy in Europe and the United States

by Eli M. Noam, Gerard Pogorel

Overview

For almost a century, a relatively smooth cooperation characterized transatlantic communication; problems mostly involved technical compatibility and were resolved by technologists of the monopolistic telephone organizations on either side of the Atlantic. In recent years, however, the nature of international communications, its institutions, and its collaborative arrangements have radically changed. There now exists a great variety in the patterns of ownership and usage of telecommunications across different countries. This has led to a disequilibrium in the world telecommunications market that raises complex questions: Can evolving domestic deregulation be reconciled with an international regulatory regime? How does international trade regulation affect multinational governmental cooperation and private collaboration? Is competition viable in all sectors of the international telecommunications industry?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780893916961
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/01/1994
Pages:	268
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

am /f Eli /i M.

orel /f Gerard