Traditional Telecommunications Networks: The International Handbook of Telecommunications Economics, Volume I: 1 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1840642726 ISBN 13: 9781840642728

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2003

Synopsis

This major reference work provides a thorough and up-to-date survey and analysis of recent developments in the economics of telecommunications. The Handbook serves both as a source of reference and technical supplement for the field of telecommunications economics.

Volume I reviews the traditional literature to bring readers up-to-date on the current treatment of telecommunications economics. The coverage includes: demand, supply, costs, market structure, regulation, interconnection and universal service. Volume II is concerned with future developments that will arise in the digital era. The coverage includes: internet, electronic commerce, mobile voice and data transmission, point-to-point and multi-point communication, regulation, satellite services and universal service in the information age. Volume III examines the structure within which modern communications companies operate and evolve, and how corporations must account for multiple objectives associated with both national economic and social policy. The volume draws useful lessons from the recent corporate experience of major international telecommunications companies. The contributors explore the interaction of diversity in national approaches with the continuing need for international cooperation and coordination, which continues to be an important area of debate.

The Handbooks are written at a level intended for professional use by economists, advanced undergraduate and graduate students, and will also prove useful to policy analysts, engineers and managers within the industry.

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About the Author

Edited by the late Gary Madden, formerly Professor of Economics and Director, Communication Economics and Electronic Markets Research Centre, Curtin University, Australia

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1840642726
• ISBN 13: 9781840642728
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384
• Editor: Madden Gary