Incluye glosario. Basado en: A Seminar held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Nov. 17-19, 1987. Copias: 48281.

Preface -- 1. Structural change in telecommunications / Bjr̲n Wellenius and Peter A. Stern -- Pt. 1. The changing world of telecommunications: 2. Emerging issues in world telecommunications / Timothy E. Nulty -- 3. Models of service competition in telecommunications / Karl-Heinz Neumann -- 4. Regulatory policy for telecommunications / Timothy E. Nulty and Eric Schneidewinde -- Pt. 2. The experience of industrial countries: 5. Options and developments in the telecommunications sector / Robert Bruce -- 6. The privatization of telecommunications in the United Kingdom / John A. C. King -- 7. Deregulation of Japan's telecommunications business and the role of Kokusai Denshin Denwa / Nobuyoshi Mutoh -- 8. Privatization and reorganization of Nippon telegraph and telephone / Toru Uehara -- 9. New Zealand: from post office to telecommunications corporation / Donald R. Murphy -- 10. The Australian perspective / Mel K. Ward -- 11. U.S. telecommunications policy: increasing competition and deregulation / Henry Geller -- Pt. 3. The experience of developing countries: 12. Beginnings of sector reform in the developing world / Bjr̲n Wellenius -- 13. Phased privatization with proposed foreign participation: the Sri Lanka experience / Vernon L. B. Mendis -- 14. An Indian perspective on sector reform / T. H. Chowdary -- 15. The initial experience of the Metropolitan Telephone Corporation of India / M. P. Shukla -- 16. Meeting the challenges of privatization in Malaysia / Daud bin Isahak -- Pt. 4. Conclusion: 17. Alternatives for the future / Richard D. Stern -- Glossary -- Contributors -- Participants in the seminar

The object of this volume is to identify key telecommunications policy issues and to consider alternatives for sector development. The authors present the experiences of various countries that have restructured their telecommunications sector to adjust to the changing environment. The volume is organized into four parts. Part I establishes the conceptual framework; examines and discusses national policy issues, sector structure issues; analyzes service competition; and proposes a regulatory structure for the orderly development of this complex and competitive sector. Part II describes the experience of industrialized countries with telecommunications sector reform. Part III presents the experiences of developing countries. Part IV concludes by summarizing the alternatives for the future that are open to the developing world.