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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458234803321

Autore

Noam Eli M

Titolo

Telecommunications in Europe [[electronic resource] /] / Eli Noam

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c1992

ISBN

1-280-60571-5

0-19-536136-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (536 p.)

Collana

Communication and society

Disciplina

384/.094

Soggetti

Telecommunication - Europe

Telecommunication policy - Europe

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 457-495) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I: TRADITION AND CHANGE; II: THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; III: BATTLEFRONTS IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY; IV: THE FUTURE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

I. Tradition and Change. 1. Public Telecommunications: A Concept in Transition. 2. The Establishment of the PTT System. 3. Network Tipping: The Rise and Fall of the Public Network Monopoly. 4. Forces of Centrifugalism. 5. Defense of the Telecommunications Monopoly. 6. Policy Directions. II. The Telecommunications Systems of European Countries. 7. Germany. 8. The United Kingdom. 9. France. Telecommunications in the Benelux and Alpine Countries. 10. The Netherlands. 11. Belgium. 12. Luxembourg. 13. Switzerland. 14. Austria. Telecommunications in Scandinavia and the North Atlantic. 15. Sweden. 16