U.S. Telecommunications Today, April 1999
27 Pages Posted: 3 Nov 2008
Date Written: April 1999
Abstract
This short essay examines the current conditions in the US telecommunications sector (April 1999). We examine the impact of technological and regulatory change on marketstructure and business strategy. Among others, we examine the impact on pricing ofdigitization and the emergence of internet telephony. We briefly examine the impact of the 1996 Telecommunications Act on market structure and strategy in conjunction with the history of regulation and antitrust intervention in the telecommunications sector. After discussing the impact of wireless technologies, we conclude by venturing into some short term predictions. We express concern about the derailment of the implementation of the 1996 Act by the aggressive legal tactics of the entrenched monopolists (the local exchange carriers), and we point to the real danger that the intent of Congress in passing the 1996Act to promote competition in telecommunications will not be realized. We also discuss the wave of mergers in the Telecommunications and cable industries.
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