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Cable systems, telephony and local economic development in the UK

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  • Cornford, James
  • Gillespie, Andrew

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In the 1980s cable policy in the UK was based on the assumption that the development of cable would be domestically financed and 'entertainment-led', with cable television helping to 'pull through' advanced interactive services. In the 1990s policy makers and cable operators have discovered the much larger role that is being played by telephony in driving the development of cable. Cable is now seen as at least as important to telecommunications policy as it is to broadcasting policy. Data on the development of cable suggest that this policy is leading to a more geographically diverse pattern of telecommunications competition and an increasing diversity in the price and/or quality of telecommunication services supplied to different places. The emerging imbalance raises questions about the effects on patterns of urban and regional development. As currently constituted, however, the UK regulatory regime has no effective way of recognizing or addressing these questions.

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  • Cornford, James & Gillespie, Andrew, 1993. "Cable systems, telephony and local economic development in the UK," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 17(8), pages 589-602, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:telpol:v:17:y:1993:i:8:p:589-602
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    1. Gómez-Barroso, José Luis & Marbán-Flores, Raquel, 2020. "Telecommunications and economic development – The 20th century: The building of an evidence base," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 44(2).
    2. Alan Southern, 2002. "Can Information and Communication Technologies Support Regeneration?," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(6), pages 697-702.
    3. van Geenhuizen, Marina, 2000. "Information And Communication Technology (Ict) And Regional Development: Distance Is Still Alive!," ERSA conference papers ersa00p371, European Regional Science Association.
    4. David Gibbs & David Devins & Geraint Hughes & Keith Tanner, 1996. "Cable and local economic development: Local authority roles and responses," Local Economy, London South Bank University, vol. 10(4), pages 354-364, February.

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