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Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 19:58:10 +0200
From: "Bruce Girard"
The editorial, abstracts, a book review and two articles from Telecommunications Policy 24-8 & 9 (September, October 2000) are now online at http://tpeditor.com .
This theme of the issue is "Telecom Development", and it takes a timely look at the policies and institutional reforms associated with attempts to deal with the well-documented "digital divides"; between developed and developing countries, and between rural and urban areas within individual countries. In his editorial, William Melody writes:
"Telecom Development used to be a special problem only for developing countries. It was essentially expanding fixed line voice telephone networks toward a universal national coverage, as defined by particular national governments. The causal relation between access to telephone service and economic and social development was unclear. The spread of telephone service was not seen by most policymakers and investors as a priority, or even a significant factor in promoting development. It could not compete with the needs for access to food, water, roads, health, education, electricity and other essential infrastructure resources. It was generally believed that telephones came after a certain level of development was achieved, and then facilitated the achievement of more advanced levels of development. Universal telephone service typically was seen more as a product of advanced development than an essential resource for development.
"Over the past two decades the situation has changed dramatically. The changing role of telecom services in all economies, and an expanding research literature documenting the barriers, restrictions, costs and penalties of inadequate telecom service for participation in economic and social life in all countries has brought the issue of telecom development to the forefront of policy and investment analysis. Access to basic telecom services makes it much more feasible and efficient to establish and maintain access to food, water, health, education, etc., in the poor countries. Access to higher speed Internet services is essential for many small towns in the rich countries if they are to keep their businesses from moving elsewhere."
On the tpeditor.com website you will find the issue's editorial, table of contents, abstracts as well as book reviews, links to some authors' pre-publication versions of their articles, and the complete Current Statistics article, "Investment and Growth of the Information Infrastructure: Summary Results of a Global Survey" by Bjorn Wellenius, Senior Telecommunications Adviser, the World Bank Carlos Alberto Primo Braga, infoDev, the World Bank and Christine Zhen-Wei Qiang, Economist, CITPO, the World Bank.
See the table of contents below for more information on the issue, or visit the website at http://www.tpeditor.com
Telecommunications Policy Volume 24, No. 8/9 (September/October 2000) Theme: Telecom Development
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FROM THE EDITOR -- William H. Melody
CURRENT STATISTICS
Investment and Growth of the Information Infrastructure: Summary Results of a Global Survey -- Bjorn Wellenius, Senior Telecommunications Adviser, the World Bank Carlos Alberto Primo Braga, infoDev, the World Bank and Christine Zhen-Wei Qiang, Economist, CITPO, the World Bank - Full article Online
CASE STUDIES
Institutional Roots of Post-Privatisation Regulatory Outcomes -- Manuel Abdala, LECG Consulting, Argentina
Network Decompensation and Regional Imbalances in Rate Reform Processes: A Case Study in South America -- Darío Goussal and María Sandra Udrízar Lezcano, Rural Telecommunications Research Group (GTR-UNNE) Northeastern University at Resistencia - School of Engineering, Argentina
FULL LENGTH ARTICLES
Rohan Samarajiva, Visiting Professor, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands and School of Journalism & Communication, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH -- The Role of Competition in Institutional Reform of Telecommunications: Lessons from Sri Lanka
Ping Gao and Kalle Lyytinen, University of Jyvaskyla, Faculty of Technology, Finland -- Transformation of China's Telecommunications Sector: A Macro Perspective
Milton Mueller, Syracuse University School of Information Studies, USA and Peter Lovelock, Telecommunications Research Project, Hong Kong University, China -- The WTO and China's Ban on Foreign Investment in Telecommunication Services: A Game-Theoretic Analysis
C. Ann Hollifield, The University of Georgia, Dept. of Telecommunications and Joseph Donnemeyer, Gwen H. Wolford and Robert Agunga, The Ohio State University, USA -- The Effects of Rural Telecommunications Self-Development Projects on Local Adoption of New Technologies
G. C. Pentzaropoulos and D. I. Giokas, University of Athens, Department of Economics, Greece -- Evaluating the Productive Efficiency of Regionally-Structured Telecommunications Networks: Evidence from Greece
BOOK REVIEWS
Are Poor Countries Losing the Information Revolution? By Francisco Rodriguez and Ernest J. Wilson, III, infoDev Working Paper, The World Bank, Washington DC, May, 2000 (Heather E. Hudson, McLaren School of Business, University of San Francisco) - Book Review Online
Are Poor Countries Losing the Information Revolution? By Francisco Rodriguez and Ernest J. Wilson, III, infoDev Working Paper, The World Bank, Washington DC, May, 2000 (Professor Nick von Tunzelmann, SPRU -- Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Sussex) - Book Review Online
All Connected. Universal Service in Telecommunications by Bruce Langtry (Jill Hills, School of Communication, Design and Media, UK) TP Book Review Online
Telecommunications Policy is concerned with the changing roles of telecommunications in the economy and society. It provides a forum for research and debate amongst academics, policymakers, regulators, industry managers, consultants and other professionals. Its orientation is multidisciplinary and international, encompassing issues of both theory and practice. Its scope includes issues of telecom reform at national, regional and international levels, including issues confronting both developed and developing countries. It pays particular attention to the implications of convergence for knowledge infrastructure development, management and regulation.
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