Liberalization and Regulation of the Telecommunications Sector in Transition Countries

Produktinformationen "Liberalization and Regulation of the Telecommunications Sector in Transition Countries"
Telecommunications are increasingly recognized as a key component in the infrastructure of economic development. For many years, there were state-owned monopolies in the telecommunications sector. In transition economies, they were characterized by especially poor performance and high access deficits, as telecommunications were considered to be a non-profit-oriented production process intended to support the socio-economic superstructures. As a result, the starting point for the reform processes in transition countries was quite poor performed public monopolies, functioned under completely different circumstances as the peers in the market economies. The main question of this book is what the strategies for the successful future development of the telecommunications sector in transition countries are. The special focus is on Russia, the largest of the transition countries.
Autor: Markova, Ekaterina
ISBN: 9783790825732
Verlag: Physica
Auflage: 1
Sprache: Englisch
Seitenzahl: 216
Produktart: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Erscheinungsdatum: 19.10.2010
Verlag: Physica
Untertitel: The Case of Russia
Schlagworte: Economic Development Monopol Policy Option in ICT Sectoral Privatization and Liberalization Transition Economics Trends in Telecommunications Industries