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Telecommunications Regulation »

Authors: Clare Hall, Christopher Hood, Colin Scott
ISBN-13: 9780415199490, ISBN-10: 0415199492
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: December 1999
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Clare Hall

Book Synopsis

Using unprecedented access to the key actors inside the UK Office of Telecommunications (OFTEL) and supporting interviews, this book explores how telecommunications regulation works from the inside.

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1	Ducts, poles and holes in the ground: the inner world of telecommunications regulation	3
2	The archaeology of a regulatory regime	15
3	Peculiar place, peculiar culture: organizing and structuring the regulatory office	33
4	'Oftel c'est moi': the role of the individual DGT	61
5	Oftel in space: interdependence and accountability	82
6	Regulatory decision styles	107
7	Price controls and numbering administration: Cartesian-bureaucratic issues-processing episodes	126
8	Regulating anti-competitive conduct and not regulating hotel phone pricing: adhocratic-chaotic issue-processing episodes	152
9	Complaint-handling, licence enforcement and anti-competitive conduct II: bargaining-diplomatic issue-processing episodes	172
10	Regulatory science, regulatory policy and possible regulatory futures	199
	Epilogue	212
	Notes	218
	Glossary	230
	Bibliography	234
	Index	245

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