Cost Proxy Models and Telecommunications Policy: A New Empirical Approach to Regulation

by D. Mark Kennet, Farid Gasmi, William W. Sharkey, et al.

An empirical approach to understanding telecommunications regulation based on the use of a sophisticated engineering cost proxy model.

The telecommunications industry defies easy characterization. The long-distance sector is highly competitive and the local exchange sector much less so, while digital transmission and switching have blurred the distinction between traditional voice communication and the transmission of video and data...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262072378
• ISBN13: 9780262072373
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher