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Economic aspects of telephone network development : The USSR plan

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  • Kudriavtzev, G. G.
  • Varakin, L. E.

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While industrialists in the developed world grapple with problems of market saturation, two-thirds of the Earth's population still have no access to a telephone service. Developing countries are caught in a vicious circle of low per capita GNP and low investment in telecommunications because the cost of service provision is too high. This article describes the USSR's plan to put a telephone in every home by the year 2000 using a 32 kbps digital switching system. It is cheap and adequate to the needs of the mass consumer; moreover, combining two or more circuits allows the transmission of any volume and complexity of information.

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  • Kudriavtzev, G. G. & Varakin, L. E., 1992. "Economic aspects of telephone network development : The USSR plan," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 14(1), pages 7-14, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:telpol:v:14:y:1992:i:1:p:7-14
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