Emerging Telecommunications Networks: The International Handbook of Telecommunications Economics, Volume II

by Gary Madden (Editor)

Overview

This major reference work provides a thorough and up-to-date survey and analysis of recent developments in the economics of telecommunications. The Handbooks serve both as a source of reference and technical supplement for the field of telecommunications economics.

Volume I reviews the traditional literature to bring readers up to date on the current treatment of telecommunications economics. The coverage includes: demand, supply, costs, market structure, regulation, interconnection and universal service. Volume II is concerned with future developments that will arise in the digital era. The coverage includes: internet, electronic commerce, mobile voice and data transmission, point-to-point and multi-point communication, regulation, satellite services and universal service in the information age. Volume III examines the structure within which modern communications companies operate and evolve, and how corporations must account for multiple objectives associated with both national economic and social policy. The volume draws useful lessons from the recent corporate experience of major international telecommunications companies. The contributors explore the interaction of diversity in national approaches with the continuing need for international cooperation and coordination, which continues to be an important area of debate.

The Handbooks are written at a level intended for professional use by economists, advanced undergraduate and graduate students, and will also prove useful to policy analysts, engineers and managers within the industry.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781840642964
Publisher:	Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication date:	06/28/2003
Series:	International Handbook of Telecommunications Economics
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Edited by the late Gary Madden, formerly Professor of Economics and Director, Communication Economics and Electronic Markets Research Centre, Curtin University, Australia

Table of Contents

Contents: Preface 1. Innovation in Advanced Telecommunications Networks 2. Economics of the Internet 3. Residential Demand for Access to the Internet 4. Electronic Commerce and Industrial Organization 5. The Economics of Online Retail Markets 6. Regulation for Internet-Mediated Communication and Commerce 7. Product Bundling and Wholesale Pricing 8. Mobile Telecommunications and Regulatory Frameworks 9. Satellite Communications Services 10. Regulated Costs and Prices in Telecommunications 11. Universal Service in the Information Age Index

Editorial Reviews

'The scope of this Handbook is simply awesome. Every technology (wireline, wireless, satellite, cable . . .), every service (internet, e-commerce, telephony, video . . .), every regulation (FCC, universal service, international settlements . . .), and both management and economic issues (development, pricing, demand, costs, innovation . . .), all written by the leading lights in this field. Every telecommunications scholar and executive should keep a copy within easy reach; it is indispensable.'

Gerald Faulhaber