Telecommunications in Transition

Part 1 The seismic revolution in America: the history of American telecommunications; the American telecommunications market in 1983 on the eve of the deregulation of the sector; the reappraisal of the structure of the telecommunications market; the shock of the breaking up of AT&T; the operation of the American market following deregulation and the breaking up of AT&T; a permanent regulation; progress of American regulation five years after the break up of AT&T; today's services and equipment market in the United States; perspectives on the 1993 horizon; overall assessment. Part 2 The first steps towards a community policy: the premises for community action in the information technology domain; the first community actions on telecommunications matters; standardization in information and telecommunications technologies. Part 3 The rise in power of European telecommunications: European telecommunications in 1984 - an assessment; the first shock waves of American deregulation; the achievement of the single market; 1984-1991 - towards a global European telecommunications policy. Part 4 Towards new industrial equilibria: assessment.