Internet, lies and telephony

Despite warnings that Europe has been falling behind in its use and exploitation of information technologies, many policymakers there have been slow to comprehend the full potential of Internet and related developments. Some wish to tax it, while others have yet to realise the substantial impact it...

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Published inTelecommunications policy Vol. 21; no. 6; pp. 513 - 532
Main Author Cawley, Richard A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.07.1997
Elsevier
Butterworth-Heinemann
SeriesTelecommunications Policy
Subjects
Business growth
Communications sector
Europe
European Union
International
Internet
Manycountries
Prices
Pricing
Reforms
Regulatory reform
Telecommunications
Telecommunications policy
United States
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Summary:Despite warnings that Europe has been falling behind in its use and exploitation of information technologies, many policymakers there have been slow to comprehend the full potential of Internet and related developments. Some wish to tax it, while others have yet to realise the substantial impact it will have on many economic sectors or have failed to see the links between telecommunications liberalisation, pricing reform and Internet growth. This article argues that Internet, among other things, can provide a transition path for the incremental but demanddriven upgrade of telecommunications local access capacity and speed (in contrast to the earlier narrowband to fibre broadband supply-side vision). It also examines the endogenous relationship between Internet development and telecommunications pricing reform.
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ISSN:0308-5961
1879-3258
DOI:10.1016/S0308-5961(97)00024-4