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| Title: | U.S. Telecommunications Today, April 1999 |
| Authors: | Economides, Nicholas |
| Issue Date: | Apr-1999 |
| Series/Report no.: | EC-99-09 |
| Abstract: | This short essay examines the current conditions in the US
telecommunications sector (April 1999). We examine the impact of
technological and regulatory change on market structure and business
strategy. Among others, we examine the impact on pricing of digitization
and the emergence of internet telephony. We briefly examine the impact
of the 1996 Telecommunications Act on market structure and strategy in
conjunction with the history of regulation and antitrust intervention in
the telecommunications sector. After discussing the impact of wireless
technologies, we conclude by venturing into some short term predictions.
We express concern about the derailment of the implementation of the
1996 Act by the aggressive legal tactics of the entrenched monopolists
(the local exchange carriers), and we point to the real danger that the
intent of Congress in passing the 1996 Act to promote competition in
telecommunications will not be realized. We also discuss the wave of
mergers in the Telecommunications and cable industries. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2451/26238 |
| Appears in Collections: | Economics Working Papers
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