The Structure, Conduct and Performance of the United States Telecommunications Industry.
Abstract
This thesis effort is a study of domestic telecommunications industry with specific emphasis upon the principal publicly regulated telephone and telegraph utilities, American Telephone and Telegraph and Western Union respectively. The principal elements of the study will concern market structure, market conduct and market performance of the telecommunications utilites. In particular, a significant amount of attention will be directed towards such subjects as vertical integration, antitrust policy, technology and innovation, and the FCC's current studies towards limited competition within the industry. Concluding work will focus on DOD's role as a consumer of telecommunication services and facilities and its potential influence with regard to changing or maintaining the status quo of the domestic telecommunications industry. An historical survey of the industry's development will precede the analysis. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1977
- Accession Number
- ADA039704
Entities
People
- Richard Walter Mayo
- William Warren Wittmann
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School