Telecommunications is Dead, Long Live Networking : The Effect of the Information Revolution on the Telecom Industry

Telecommunications is Dead, Long Live Networking : The Effect of the Information Revolution on the Telecom Industry

The author looks at how the drivers of the information revolution are transforming the structure of the telecommunications industry. The end of natural monopoly, the breakdown of the old pricing mechanisms, the increasing competition from new opera...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bond, James
Format: Viewpoint
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
MONOPOLIES
DIGITAL TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
MARKET COMPETITION
TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCOUNTING
ARBITRAGE
BENCHMARK
BOND MARKETS
BROADCASTING
CALLS
CAPITAL COSTS
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
CONNECTIVITY
CONSUMERS
DEBT
DIGITAL TV
ECONOMIC HISTORY
ECONOMIC RENTS
INFORMATION SERVICES
INNOVATIONS
INTERNATIONAL CALLS
ISDN
LINES
MARGINAL COST
MICROWAVE LINKS
NATURAL MONOPOLY
NETWORKS
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
PRIVATE SECTOR
RADIO
ROADS
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SUBSCRIBERS
SWITCHING
TELECOM
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES
TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPERATORS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORMS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
TELECONFERENCING
TELEGRAPH
TELEPHONE
TELEPHONE SERVICE
TELEPHONES
TELEPHONY
TRADE BARRIERS
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION COSTS
VALUE ADDED
VALUE ADDED SERVICES
WIRES
WTO
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1997/07/441499/telecommunications-dead-long-live-networking-effect-information-revolution-telecom-industry
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11577

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1997/07/441499/telecommunications-dead-long-live-networking-effect-information-revolution-telecom-industry
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11577

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