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Some Spatial Aspects of Regulatory and Technological Change in Telecommunication Industries

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  • P Cooke

    (Department of City and Regional Planning, University of Wales College of Cardiff, PO Box 906, Cardiff, CF1 3YN, Wales)

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This paper makes a contribution to the analysis of regulatory change, an aspect of the broader theoretical debate initiated by the ‘regulation school’ of economic theorists and others. Unlike much of that debate this paper is focused on an empirical field—telecommunications deregulation—and on questions of market strategy rather than those purely of production. After an analysis of the nature and rationale for regulation there is a focus upon the political and economic processes leading to deregulation in the telecommunications industry in the United Kingdom and USA. Attention is directed to ‘natural monopoly’ and ‘public service’ rationales for regulation and the importance of spatial issues is noted. The deregulatory climate and its effects upon computing and communication are then traced out and it is shown how corporate activity is tending towards ‘quasi-regulation’ to reduce competitive and market-based uncertainties.

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  • P Cooke, 1992. "Some Spatial Aspects of Regulatory and Technological Change in Telecommunication Industries," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 24(5), pages 683-703, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:24:y:1992:i:5:p:683-703
    DOI: 10.1068/a240683
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    1. Wenders, John T., 1988. "The economic theory of regulation and the US telecoms industry," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 12(1), pages 16-26, March.
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    1. P Marden, 1992. "‘Real’ Regulation Reconsidered," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 24(5), pages 751-767, May.
    2. Graham, Mark, 2009. "Different models in different spaces or liberalized optimizations? Competitive strategies among low-cost carriers," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 17(4), pages 306-316.

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