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12. Telecommunications: Extending the Network

Authors : Malcolm Abbott, Bruce Cohen

Published in: Monopoly Control

Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore

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In the post-World War II years one of the most important areas of government involvement in network utilities was in the communications sector. This took place at a time when public sector expenditure remained at significant levels. In this period the expansion of the telephone network came to dominate communications, replacing the more labour intensive postal network with a more capital intensive one.

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Title: Telecommunications: Extending the Network
Authors: Malcolm Abbott
Bruce Cohen
Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore
Book: Monopoly Control
Print ISBN: 978-981-9927-25-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-9927-26-5

Copyright Year: 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2726-5_12