June 1977 | Special Publication OT Special Publication 77-16
A Review of International Telecommunications Industry Issues, Structure, and Regulatory Problems
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Jack E. Cole, Richard J. O’Rorke Jr., John W. Kopinski, and Glynetta C. Perrymore, “A Review of International Telecommunications Industry Issues, Structure, and Regulatory Problems,” Special Publication OT Special Publication 77-16, U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Telecommunications, Institute for Telecommunication Sciences, June 1977.
Abstract:
The purpose of this report is to present a synopsis of the various studies that have addressed the international telecommunications industry structure after 1968: Studies commissioned by the Office of Telecommunications Policy (OTP) during the past two years (1975–1976) and by the President’s Task Force on Communications Policy (1968).
This report briefly reviews the international telecommunications industry structure studies prior to 1968; provides an overview of industrial and technological developments in international telecommunications; outlines the current regulatory and oversight environment and the current problems existing within the present institutional arrangements; summarizes industry structure, regulatory, and governmental alternatives developed in the studies since 1968; and makes recommendations on possible structural, regulatory, and legislative changes.
Keywords: telecommunications; international record carriers; telecommunications research; international telecommunications; international communications; industry structure; international telecommunications industry structure; international telecommunications institutional arrangements regulatory reform
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U.S. Department of Commerce
Office of Telecommunications
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Executive Office of the President
Office of Telecommunications Policy
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