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How America Got on-Line: Politics, Markets, and the Revolution in Telecommunications » Read Now
by Alan Stone. 242 pgs.

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The telecommunications industry is the most dynamic sector of the U.S. economy and a driving force of economic and social change worldwide. In this study of the interplay of technological innovation, entrepreneurship, and public policy, the author of Wrong Number: The Breakup of AT&T traces the...
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The telecommunications industry is the most dynamic sector of the U.S. economy and a driving force of economic and social change worldwide. In this study of the interplay of technological innovation, entrepreneurship, and public policy, the author of Wrong Number: The Breakup of AT&T traces the telecommunication industry's evolution from the invention of the telegraph to the introduction of the web. In the process he shows how once discrete communications sectors have converged in a new hypercommunications structure that is reshaping the world economy. In its interdisciplinary reach, the book examines engineering, judicial, legislative, and administrative developments as well as the internal policies and external relations of firms such as AT&T. Finally, and with appropriate caution, the author attempts to assess the probable future impact of telecommunications on public life.
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Perspectives on Radio and Television: Telecommunication in the United States » Read Now
by F. Leslie Smith, John W. Wright II, David H. Ostroff. 735 pgs.

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...2.7 RBDS, Digital Radio, and the Telecommunications Act of 1996 68...Dissatisfaction 393 13.5 Telecommunications Act of 1996 394...1991. Gross Lynne Schafer...
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The Telecommunications Industry » Read Now
by Susan E. McMaster. 193 pgs.

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The telephone used to be a luxury item. Today, 95% of Americans have telephone service, and many carry their phones wherever they go. McMaster chronicles the fascinating story of the telephone's rise, its spread to ubiquity in today's society, and the billion-dollar industry it has engendered. This...
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The telephone used to be a luxury item. Today, 95% of Americans have telephone service, and many carry their phones wherever they go. McMaster chronicles the fascinating story of the telephone's rise, its spread to ubiquity in today's society, and the billion-dollar industry it has engendered. This accessible history is ideal for students seeking a clear, concise introduction to one of the landmark American industries of the 20th century.
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New Communication Technologies in Developing Countries » Read Now
by Jarice Hanson, Uma Narula. 188 pgs.

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The Communications Miracle: The Telecommunication Pioneers from Morse to the Information Superhighway » Read Now
by John Bray. 404 pgs.

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Wireless: Strategically Liberalizing the Telecommunications Market » Read Now
by Brian J. W. Regli. 288 pgs.

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...Wireless: Strategically Liberalizing the Telecommunications Market TELECOMMUNICATIONS A Series of Volumes Edited by Christopher...Sterling Bracken/ Sterling...
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Telecommunications Strategy for Economic Development » Read Now
by William H. Read, Jan L. Youtie. 164 pgs.

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Strategies linking the dynamic and changing world of telecommunication to local desires for economic growth are at the heart of this important book. In the age of information, grass roots political leaders have discovered telecommunications as they seek to boost local employment and community...
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Strategies linking the dynamic and changing world of telecommunication to local desires for economic growth are at the heart of this important book. In the age of information, grass roots political leaders have discovered telecommunications as they seek to boost local employment and community well-being. Taking the cases of Richardson, Texas, a Dallas suburb that has attracted over 50,000 high-tech jobs, city-state Singapore, which has successfully upgraded its telecommunications infrastructure to lure information-intensive companies, Atlanta, using the 1996 Olympics to advance its information-technology base, and others, the authors critically examine the successes and failures of each. Their conclusions will be invaluable to planners, politicians, and scholars who want to know whether and how advanced telecommunications infrastructure leads to accelerated economic development.
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Highway of Dreams: A Critical View along the Information Superhighway » Read Now
by A. Michael Noll. 236 pgs.

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...by A. Michael Noll. p. cm. -- Telecommunications Rev. ed. of. Highway of dreams...2558-4 pbk. : alk. paper 1. Telecommunications -- United States. 2. Information...United...
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The Economics of Innovation in the Telecommunications Industry » Read Now
by John R. McNamara. 198 pgs.

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The revolution in telecommunications technology and market structure has profoundly changed the information services infrastructure in the United States and in other industrialized nations. Deregulation of interstate telecommunications markets has occurred in response to technological advances, but...
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The revolution in telecommunications technology and market structure has profoundly changed the information services infrastructure in the United States and in other industrialized nations. Deregulation of interstate telecommunications markets has occurred in response to technological advances, but local exchange markets are still subject to government regulation. This book describes the history of the effects of regulation and market structure on innovation in telecommunications, examines the economic implications of emerging telecommunications technologies and surveys the economic arguments for the deregulation of local exchange networks.
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Foreign Investment in American Telecommunications » Read Now
by J. Gregory Sidak. 450 pgs.

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Restrictions on foreign investment in U.S. telecommunications firms have harmed the interests of American consumers and investors, argues J. Gregory Sidak in this convincing study. Sidak shows why these restrictions, originally intended to protect America from the perils of wireless telegraphy by...
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Restrictions on foreign investment in U.S. telecommunications firms have harmed the interests of American consumers and investors, argues J. Gregory Sidak in this convincing study. Sidak shows why these restrictions, originally intended to protect America from the perils of wireless telegraphy by foreign agents, should be repealed. Basing his analysis on legislative history, statutory and constitutional interpretation, and finance and trade theory, Sidak shows that these restrictions no longer serve their national security purpose (if they ever did). Instead they deny American consumers lower prices and more robust innovation, hamper access of American investors to foreign telecommunications markets, and unconstitutionally impinge on freedom of speech. Sidak's study encompasses the Telecommunications Act of 1996, recent global mergers such as British Telecom-MCI, and the 1997 World Trade Organization agreement to liberalize trade in telecommunications services.
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Telecommunications and the City: Electronic Spaces, Urban Places » Read Now
by Stephen Graham, Simon Marvin. 434 pgs.

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This book reviews the relationship between telecommunications and all aspects of city development and management. Using case study examples from Europe, Japan and America, it addresses key academic and policy debates about the future of cities.
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Having All the Right Connections: Telecommunications and Rural Viability » Read Now
by Peter F. Korsching, Patricia C. Hipple, Eric A. Abbott. 348 pgs.

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Essays, based on five years of survey research in Iowa and case study examples from across the United States, examine the implications of telecommunications technologies for rural community development. Supported by data from five years of survey and case study research, telecommunications adoption...
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Essays, based on five years of survey research in Iowa and case study examples from across the United States, examine the implications of telecommunications technologies for rural community development. Supported by data from five years of survey and case study research, telecommunications adoption and use is explored in nine sectors of the rural community to determine the influence these organizations and institutions have on telecommunications development within the broader rural community. These sectors include local government, economic development, business, newspapers, library services, health care, university extension to communities, and farming. Also considered are the factors that promote and retard telecommunications development, particularly the impact of telecommunications policy, the availability of state-of-the-art infrastructure and service, and the involvement of telephone companies in local community development. Using a community development framework, this work discusses the physical, financial, human and social capitals necessary for holistic community development and the significance of critical mass, the roles of internal and external networks, as well as vertical and horizontal linkages, and the importance of visionary leadership and the championing of telecommunications.
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Quality and Reliability of Telecommunications Infrastructure » Read Now
by William Lehr. 260 pgs.

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...Quality and Reliability of Telecommunications Infrastructure TELECOMMUNICATIONS A Series of Volumes Edited by Christopher...Lehr Quality and Reliability of...
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Telecommunications, Mass Media, and Democracy: The Battle for the Control of U.S. Broadcasting, 1928-1935 » Read Now
by Robert W. McChesney. 400 pgs.

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This work shows in detail the emergence and consolidation of U.S. commercial broadcasting economically, politically, and ideologically. This process was met by organized opposition and a general level of public antipathy that has been almost entirely overlooked by previous scholarship. McChesney...
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This work shows in detail the emergence and consolidation of U.S. commercial broadcasting economically, politically, and ideologically. This process was met by organized opposition and a general level of public antipathy that has been almost entirely overlooked by previous scholarship. McChesney highlights the activities and arguments of this early broadcast reform movement of the 1930s. The reformers argued that commercial broadcasting was inimical to the communication requirements of a democratic society and that the only solution was to have a dominant role for nonprofit and noncommercial broadcasting. Although the movement failed, McChesney argues that it provides important lessons not only for communication historians and policymakers, but for those concerned with media and how they are used.
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Telecommunications: Law, Regulation, and Policy » Read Now
by Walt Sapronov, William H. Read. 482 pgs.

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The Impact of Technological Change on Market Power and Market Failure in Telecommunications, in Journal of Economic Issues » Read Now
by Edythe S. Miller. 10 pgs.

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...Market Power and Market Failure in Telecommunications. by Edythe S. Miller...recently, with dramatic impacts on telecommunications, broadening its very...