Compatibility Standards And The Market For Telecommunications Services

Author : Stanley M. Besen
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ISBN 13 : 9781332255726
Total Pages : 88 pages
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Download or read book Compatibility Standards and the Market for Telecommunications Services (Classic Reprint) written by Stanley M. Besen and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Compatibility Standards and the Market for Telecommunications Services Not so long ago, the determination of technical standards in the United States telephone industry was primarily an internal natter for the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. To be sure, AT&T had to coordinate with foreign telecommunications entities, with independent telephone companies, and with the United States Department of Defense, but the degree of coordination was relatively minor and AT&T had substantial latitude in determining the standards that were employed. However, three forces have caused this situation to change dramatically First, because of the entry of large numbers of competing suppliers of equipment and services into the United States telecommunications industry, standard-setting has moved from the technical concern of a single firm to a factor with important implications for competition. As a result, the processes by which standards arc sot have com to be subject to detailed scrutiny by both the regulatory authorities and the courts. In a sense, telecommunications standards have become too important to leave their determination solely to the telephone companies Second, the divestiture of the Bell Operating Companies from AT&T, has, by fragmenting the telephone industry, reduced the ability of AT&T to determine standards as it had in the past. Horwitt (1986. p. 27.) notes that "the market has changed [drastically) since predivestiture days, when Ma Bell set telecommunications standards and ocher carriers and equipment vendors had no choice but to follow. Now, AT&T is just one more vendor - albeit a formidable one - lobbying for industrywide adoption of the technologies and protocols it wants to use." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.