Telephone Companies in Paradise: A Case Study in Telecommunications Deregulation - Couverture rigide

Mueller, Milton L.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1560001038 ISBN 13 : 9781560001034

Editeur : Routledge, 1993

Synopsis

Computerization has generated dra-matic advances In telecommunica-tions, such as mobile telephones and video conferencing. Coupled with this are major changes in regulation, as telephone companies face new compet-itors. States are experimenting with new forms of utility regulation and de-regulation in order to cope with the demands of rising competition. Here Mueller examines in detail the results of a radical telephone regulation law.In 1986, the state of Nebraska com-pletely discarded traditional utility reg-ulation, deregulating rates and profits of its local telephone companies. The Nebraska experiment has become a benchmark for reassessing the role of state regulation In the future of tele-communications. Using comparative data from five midwestern states, Mueller shows how deregulation af-fected rates, investment, infrastruc-ture modernization, and profits. He uncovers both positive and negative results. Mueller found established telephone companies to be basically conservative, not aggressive and ex-pansionist, and concludes that new competition, not regulation or deregu-lation, is transforming the telecommu-nications industry.This book is the first systematic em-pirical study of the controversial Ne-braska law and its broader effects. It will be a significant addition to the much debated issue of telecommuni-cations deregulation. Economists, pol-icymakers, and telecommunications managers will find in this volume a substantial resource. According to Robert Atkinson, senior vice president of Teleport Communications Group: "Nebraska's experiences with telecom-munications deregulation - the good, the bad and the ugly - need to be un-derstood by all telecommunications policymakers across the country so that they can emulate Nebraska's suc-cesses and avoid its mistakes. Mueller provides the roadmap."

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Milton L. Mueller is assistant professor in the School of Communication, Infor-mation and Library Studies at Rutgers University. Before that he was research associate, International Center for Telecommunications Management, University of Nebraska at Omaha. He has written articles on telecommunica-tions Issues for the Wall Street Journal the Hong Kong Economic Journal and the Chicago Tribune.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1560001038
• ISBN 13: 9781560001034
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 198
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible