Overview
Telecommunications History & Policy into the 21st Century provides a succinct overview of the telecommunications environment and the factors that have shaped this industry from its inception through 2009. As a former executive with AT&T, Mr. Fulle shares his professional knowledge of an industry that is evolving at an increasing rate. This book provides a valuable examination of the evolution and complexity of the telecommunications industry, not only from its technological advances, but through actual business case studies and analysis of the four components of industry change: technology, regulatory and legal policy, market forces and security. Each chapter provides a brief summary of key concepts and a list of study questions to invoke discussion and review. While the events of the past have been significant and important, the best is yet to come! Professor Ron Fulle is a graduate of the State University of New York at Oswego where he received a BS in Mathematics, and he holds a MS in Telecommunications from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He has over twenty-five years of industry experience and is currently teaching at Rochester Institute of Technology in the Telecommunications Engineering Technology program.
Also available in a print edition.
Details
Publisher: RIT Press (05/2012)
ISBN-13: 9781933360584
Shipping Weight: 0lb
Press Releases
“This book addresses an interesting and important topic and is well designed as either a textbook for a telecommunications policy course or a book for a general reader who wants grounding in the last 25 years of the telecommunications industry and policy. The study questions at the end of the chapters are particularly good!”
— Gregg Sayre, Associate General Counsel, Eastern Region, Frontier Communications
“Professor Fulle allowed me to use a pre-publication manuscript of this book for a 2009 Telecom Policy class that I taught. Students found the book to be easy to understand and forthright. They liked the book, learned from it and rated it highly.”
— Gidon Lissai, Software Engineer, Lenel Systems International Inc. and Adjunct Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology
Table of Contents
Preface
1 The Beginning through Predivestiture
The Beginning
Early Years 1838-1894
Competitive Years 1894-1907
Decline in Competition 1908-1918
Height of AT&T’s Power 1918-1949
Competition and Deregulation 1949-Predivestiture
Summary
Alexander Graham Bell
Chapter 1 Study Questions
2 A Digression: Basic Telecommunication Technology, Policy, and Concepts
Networks
Numbers
Toll Free Service
U.S. Telecommunications Policy
Concepts
Summary
Chapter 2 Study Questions
3 Divestiture — A Momentous Phenomenon
Technology Effects
Policy Effects
Market Forces
Summary
Chapter 3 Study Questions
4 Postdivestiture through the Beginning of the Internet Age
Regional Bell Operating Companies
AT&T 1984-1995 83 Summary
Chapter 4 Study Questions
5 Telecommunications Act of 1996
Act Overview 95 Title I
A Retrospective View
Summary
Chapter 5 Study Questions
6 The New Millennium Through 2009
Summary
Chapter 6 Study Questions
7 Crystal-ball the Future!
The Possible
The Near Term; the Probable
Summary
Chapter 7 Study Questions
8 The End of the Beginning: A New Beginning
Chapter 8 Study Questions
Appendix: Case Studies
Case Study 1: PAETEC
Case 1 Study Questions
Case Study 2: Independent Telephone Companies Embarq & Ontario Trumansburg Telephone
Case 2 Study Questions
Case Study 3: Fiber Optics, the Non-carrier Opportunity!
Case 3 Study Questions
Glossary of Terms
Bibliography
Index