Telecommunications literature: A critical review of the economic, technological and public policy issues

Abstract

This article reviews the literature of economic, technological and public policy issues regarding telecommunications. The author synthesizes the major economic insights into telecommunications by taking into account specified features of the subject matter and its associated scholarly literature. Particular weight is given to work that has helped to establish a suitable theoretical, methodological, empirical and policy framework and that suggests the most promising ways in which future research topics and techniques can build upon the results to date.