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100 _aTREBING, Harry M.
245 _aGlobalization of telecommunications : a study in the struggle to control markets and technology.
260 _c1995
520 _aAsserts that the dynamics of global communications display five distinct features viz: (1) international communications is the fastest growing segment of the total communication industry; (2) global traffic appears to reflect the same type of usage concentration that exists in domestic long-distance traffic; (3) global telecommunications will have a significant impact on the growth rates of both industrialized and developing nations; (4) the questions of discrimination and cross-subsidization between different classes of users, which existed for many years in the US, will now be extended to overseas markets; and, (5) there remains the question of what criteria should be used to evaluate a global infrastructure. Examines factors affecting the viability of competition in global communications markets, and discusses the comparative net advantages of AT&T, MCI and Sprint, the regional Bell holding companies, and other large national carriers.
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