Telecommunications deregulation strategies have been self-evidently different in Hong Kong and China due to differences existing in political and economic systems. This paper will provide an overview of contemporary trends in telecommunications deregulation in these two territories. Comparisons...

Open network architecture (ONA) has been developed as a technological solution to the regulatory problems of a multi-user, multi-operator telecommunications environment. The USA has been the originator of this concept, which may be paradigmatic for similar developments elsewhere such as open...

Albania has an average of only 1.4 telephone lines per 100 people. Yet telecommunications public policy reform is now increasingly viewed by the Albanian policy community as central to the country's future economic and political ambitions. This paper aims to explain how this precarious state of...

This paper provides a comprehensive review of a policy debate that has led to a unique 3G licensing scheme in Hong Kong. Key issues to be addressed include the choice of technical standards, allocation of radio spectrum, licensing options and open network requirement. With reference to the case...

This paper provides an empirical analysis of the effects of telecommunications liberalisation on the fixed line telecommunications operators' strategy formulation in Hong Kong. The analysis is based on an innovative experimental methodology to measure the level of quality of the major...

Access to in-building wiring for buildings with multi-dwellings is crucial for local fixed network competition. Otherwise the first operator servicing consumers in a building will obtain a de facto monopoly since it is very doubtful that there will be more than one rolling out of in-building...

Network interconnection is one of the most critical issues in the process of telecommunications deregulation. An improperly interconnected new network is not dissimilar to an isolated network, while network externality remains a concern for subscribers who are searching for demand-side economies...