00764nam a2200085Ia 4500100002200000245007100022260000900093520055700102583001900659  aDRAKE, William J.  aWTO deal on basic telecommunications : big bang or little whimper.  c1997  aDebates the potential impact of the Group on Basic Telecommunications (GBT) agreement reached in February 1997.  Argues that the GBT deal could have a substantial liberalizing effect not only on specific markets, but also on the broader institutional arrangements of the global telecommunications policy environment. Conversely, while the GBT is useful, its significance is being greatly exaggerated, most policy changes were taking place anyway, and it could in some cases have the negative effect of slowing down the process of global liberalization.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR