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Communications policy in transition
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ISBN: 0262270714 0585446490 9780262270717 9780262032926 0262293390 9780585446493 0262032929 9780262293396 Year: 2001 Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. MIT Press

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Until the 1980s, it was presumed that technical change in most communications services could easily be monitored from centralized state and federal agencies. This presumption was long outdated prior to the commercialization of the Internet. With the Internet, the long-forecast convergence of voice, video, and text bits became a reality. Legislation, capped by the Telecommunications Act of 1996, created new quasi-standards such as "fair" and "reasonable" for the FCC and courts to apply, leading to nonstop litigation and occasional gridlock. This book addresses some of the many telecommunications areas on which public policy makers, corporate strategists, and social activists must reach agreement. Topics include the regulation of access, Internet architecture in a commercial era, communications infrastructure development, the Digital Divide, and information policy issues such as intellectual property and the retransmission of TV programming via the Internet.

Managing Internet-driven change in international telecommunications
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ISBN: 1580534007 1580530192 9781580534000 9781580530194 Year: 2001 Publisher: Boston Artech House

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This unique new resource offers you a detailed road map for tracking developments and trends in both international telecommunications and Internet-mediated communications. Useful to novices and higher-level professionals alike, the book explores the impact of the Internet on international telecommunications and gives you a clear definition of technological and marketplace convergence. By providing answers and perspective for both telecommunications and information technology professionals, the book bridges the gap between these two disciplines, making it easier to respond to and profit from change occasioned by the Internet. From a presentation of past, present and developing models in international telecommunications ... to an overview of modern technologies ... to an examination of the key players in policy making, this unique resource helps you manage Internet-driven change and offers an in-depth understanding of the relationship between the telecommunications and information processing markets.

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