Telecommunications Regulation

This book presents the background, rationale, principles and operation of telecommunications regulation. It will give the reader a clear understanding of how the development of a mature competitive telecommunications has been shaped in the light of regulation. It goes on to explain the way in which technology can be used to open up new areas of the market, showing the role of regulation in enabling innovation while at the same time restraining its use as an anti-competitive factor to build monopolistic market positions. Its individual sections on law, economics, interconnection engineering, technology and numbering will guide engineers and managers interested in the effective impact of regulation upon telecommunications.