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Summary
Summary
In today's telecom business environment, a thorough and accurate understanding of past mistakes goes a long way in ensuring future success. Providing readers with an authoritative account of what contributed to the Great Telecom Crash, this insightful resource explores the roots of the perfect storm that buffeted telecom and Internet companies and investors. Professionals get a detailed insider's look at how the crash was caused by a complex combination of risk and regulatory factors in an increasingly competitive environment, originally fueled by the break up of AT&T. The book offers a solid understanding of the evolving structure of the information, communications and telecom industries, and how companies and sectors within these industries relate to each other. Professionals gain insight into identifying sound long-term investment strategies and avoiding fads with unsound fundamentals.
Author Notes
Fred R. Goldstein is the principal of Ionary Consulting.
Table of Contents
Ma Bell and her "Natural Monopoly", 1876-1969 the Rebirth of Competition |
Divestiture: Equal Access and Chinese Walls. the Internet Boom and the Limits to Growth. the Deuteronomy Networks |
Losing by Winning: Wireless and the License Auctions |
Competition Access Providers, the Costly Way to Local Competition |
DLECs and ELECs, an Exercise in Extreme Oversupply |
CLECs' Winning Strategies Are Met by Rule Changes |
Focus on the Bottom Line |