Telecommunications Liberation on Two Sides of the Atlantic

by Cave, Martin

• ISBN13: 9780815702313
• ISBN10: 0815702310
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Aei Press

Summary

In response to the whirlwind electronics revolution of the 1990's, the European Union, Canada, and the United States launched new liberalization policies aimed at opening all telecommunications markets to competition. This report presents two views of the progress towards competition -- one for North America and one for Europe.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Telecommunications Policy in North America and Europe	1	(7)
Martin Cave
Robert W. Crandall
Telecommunications Policy Reform in the United States and Canada	8	(31)
Robert W. Crandall
Thomas W. Hazlett
Background	9	(2)
The U.S. Telecommunications Act of 1996	11	(2)
Long-Distance Competition in the United States and Canada	13	(7)
Local-Exchange Competition in the United States and Canada	20	(10)
The Wireless Sector---Competition without Regulation	30	(3)
The Political Consensus behind the U.S. Telecommunications Act	33	(4)
Conclusions	37	(2)
The Liberalization of European Telecommunications	39	(40)
Martin Cave
Luigi Prosperetti
The EU Telecommunications Regulatory Package	40	(5)
Implementation of the Package in Relation to Fixed-Line Services	45	(15)
Implementation of the Package in Mobile Services	60	(3)
Looking Ahead: The 1999 Communications Review	63	(4)
Looking Ahead: Crucial Issues	67	(6)
Conclusions	73	(6)
Notes	79	(6)
References	85	(4)
About the Authors	89