1st Edition

Soviet And Postsoviet Telecommunications An Industry Under Reform

By Robert W Campbell Copyright 1996
262 Pages
by Routledge

262 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

A crucial link in post-Soviet economic reconstruction will be telecommunications, which all modern economies must have in order to thrive. How ready are the telecommunications systems in the countries of the former USSR to meet the challenge? This book shows that the system inherited from the Soviet period falls far short of what is needed and desc

Introduction -- Overview and Historical Background -- Economics -- Development and Production of Equipment -- Specialized Services and Applications -- The Changing Environment for Telecommunications Under Economic Reform -- Television and Radio Broadcasting -- Prospects for Expansion and Modernization -- Analysis and Critique of Telecommunications Policy in the Emerging Situation -- Network Architecture

Biography

Robert W. Campbell is distinguished professor of economics at Indiana University.