TM 612 Regulation and Policy in the Telecommunications Industry
Historical perspective of telecommunications as a regulated industry; effects of regulation on industry growth in pre- and post- divestiture environments; special case of divestiture of AT&T; government regulatory agencies and processes; management issues related to business between regulated and non-regulated corporations; and tariff structures, rules, and rate-making in the regulated environment. Issues of privatization and deregulation in international telecommunications and their effects on global companies are also studied.