Global markets and government regulation in telecommunications /
In recent years, liberalization, privatization and deregulation have become commonplace in sectors once dominated by government-owned monopolies. In telecommunications, for example, during the 1990s, more than 129 countries established independent regulatory agencies and more than 100 countries priv...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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| Summary: | In recent years, liberalization, privatization and deregulation have become commonplace in sectors once dominated by government-owned monopolies. In telecommunications, for example, during the 1990s, more than 129 countries established independent regulatory agencies and more than 100 countries privatized the state-owned telecom operator. Why did so many countries liberalize in such a short period of time? For example, why did both Denmark and Burundi, nations different along so many relevant dimensions, liberalize their telecom sectors around the same time? |
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| Physical Description: | xxii, 207 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-194) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781107022607 1107022606 |