Technological innovation in the telecommunications sector is a key contributor to the rapid diffusion of e-business. The steady drive towards semiconductor miniaturisation leads to a continuous decline in the price of telecommunications equipment and increase in performance. Technological change therefore continues to transform the way telecommunications services are provided and used. Telecomm...

This research uses the production function theoretical framework and an extensive, exchangelevel database on telephone usage and infrastructure, employment and population, to clarify the relationships between rural economic activities and telecommunications. Relationships are estimated through regression analysis, linking telephone usage, measured in aggregate conversation seconds, by each of e...

The telecommunications industry is currently facing a growing need of making telecommunications services more versatile, easier to develop, interoperable, consistent, manageable, and independent of the underlying network. Additionally, the demand for new sophisticated telecommunications services with multimedia characteristics is increasing. These services require more flexible access, manageme...

This paper focuses on the role of competition, defined broadly to encompass both firm-level and internation competition, in the development of telecommunications infrastructure. The context of the paper is Singapore's telecommunications industry. This paper attributes some of the development of Singapore's telecommunications services and infrastructure to actual and potential competition at the...