A private view of the digital world

Dan Schiller and RosaLinda Fregoso

Telecommunications Policy, 1991, vol. 15, issue 3, 195-208

Abstract: Surveying the movement towards digitization of communications, the authors of this article identify two conflicting models of development. The first, which they term the in-house model, is the extension of private networks controlled by the major corporate users of telecommunications; the second, epitomized by ISDN, aims to update the public telephone network. Examination of trends over the past 30 years shows that the in-house model is triumphing almost everywhere. The advantages to the Western corporations and financial institutions are obvious, but the supposed benefits to the less-developed countries, in particular, could be a cruel illusion.

Date: 1991
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0308596191900246
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:telpol:v:15:y:1991:i:3:p:195-208

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/30471/bibliographic
http://www.elsevier. ... /30471/bibliographic

Access Statistics for this article

Telecommunications Policy is currently edited by Erik Bohlin

More articles in Telecommunications Policy from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().