The Changing Nature of Telecommunications/Information Infrastructure

Advancement of telecommunications and information infrastructure occurs largely through private investment. The government affects the rate and direction of this progress through regulation and public investment. This book presents a range of positions and perspectives on those two classes of policy mechanism, providing a succinct analysis followed by papers prepared by experts in telecommunications policy and applications.Table of ContentsFRONT MATTERINTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEWPART 1--SETTING THE STAGEPART 2--REGULATION AND THE EMERGING TELECOMMUNICATIONSINFRASTRUCTUREPART 3--PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTUREAPPENDIX: CONTRIBUTORS AND PARTICIPANTS