Innovations in information technology are driving the USA and Japan into greater interdependence and reduced competition. However, the policies of the two countries towards supplying global telecommunications networks and towards their export earnings are diverging. This article examines the...

Telecommunications is one of the fastest growing sectors of the Chinese economy today. In the face of this growth, the government's traditional approach of strong centralized planning and control is proving ineffective and showing signs of changing. Foreign firms interested in entering China's...

This article examines the economic issues emerging from systems options in space industrialization, allocation of orbital space and the impact of satellite technology on economic development. The economics of space industrialization involve most areas of economic analysis, including market...

This paper examines the international economic imperatives underlying the allocation of the geostationary orbit in which communication satellites are located. The authors analyse the debate over various solutions to the exploding demand for the orbit that have been offered from time to time,...

Telecommunications infrastructure growth in the less-developed countries (LDCs) remains a critical problem not adequately addressed by international loan agencies. The traditional theories of communications development have been implemented with varying results and variations by newly...