Reforming Public Policy in the Telecommunications Industry
A Failure to Communicate: Reforming Public Policy in the Telecommunications Industry
| Book Title: | The New McGraw-Hill Telecom Factbook |
| Author: | Joseph A. Pecar & David A. Garbin |
| Publication: | McGraw-Hill Professional July 2000 |
| ISBN: | 0071351639 |
Book Review: A Failure to Communicate: Reforming Public Policy in the Telecommunications Industry
Public policies always play a major role in deciding the success and failure of one particular technology and the book “A Failure to Communicate: Reforming Public Policy in the Telecommunications Industry†as the name suggest is a book about public policy in telecommunication sector and its impact on global markets. . The book covers details of the public policy regarding telecommunication and is written to aware people about the impact of telecommunication on leading telecommunication industry. The author of the book has an in-depth know how of the public policies and their impact and specially the telecommunication policy of 1996.The Policy
The policy discussed in the book is the “Telecommunication Policy1996†issued by Federal Communication Commission was initially targeted to improve the overall condition of the telecommunication sector.The threefold targets of the policy were to reduce the increasing rate of telephone related services, increasing the penetration of advanced technologies in the telephony sector and to increase the quality of transmission. But unfortunately with the increasing demand of high quality and low cost telephone related services, the act of 1996 has not been proved much successful to the telecommunication industry.
Provides Measures to Improve Current Situation
The book merely doesn’t points out the original policy and its disadvantages but also provides a number of steps that can be taken now to improve the current situation of the telecommunication industry. The original policy must be viewed with a new insight to achieve the tremendous potential currently hidden by the original policy and new measures must be taken up to ensure the smooth progress of the industry.The author provides some really appreciating steps such as adjustment of the overall wholesale pricing in the industry, ensuring healthy and large competition to address the new needs of public and the truly defining the market by launching new services which were not launched due to the original act of 1996. Overall the book is a must for all people interested in the public policy on telecommunication and its pro and cons.
