UID:
almahu_9949697661902882
Umfang:
1 online resource (537 p.)
Ausgabe:
1st edition
ISBN:
1-281-07287-7
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9786611072872
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0-08-051868-0
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0-585-45652-6
Serie:
The Morgan Kaufmann series in networking
Inhalt:
For companies in and around the telecommunications field, the past few years have been a time of extraordinary change-technologically and legally. The enacting of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and the development of international trade agreements have fundamentally changed the environment in which your business operates, creating risks, responsibilities, and opportunities that were not there before. Until now, you'd have had a hard time finding a serious business book that offered any more than a cursory glance at this transformed world. But at last there's a resource you
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Telecommunications Law in the Internet Age; Copyiright Page; Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction-The New Telecommunications Environment; 1.1 New Transport Technologies; 1.2 Converged Voice, Data, Video, and Graphics Systems; 1.3 Legal Changes; 1.4 International Telecommunications Equipment Markets; 1.5 Technical Standards; 1.6 What Is Communicated?; 1.7 With Whom Are We Communicating? 7; 1.8 Where Are We Communicating?; 1.9 New Local Access Options; 1.10 Universal Service Fund Support of Internet Connections; 1.11 Structural Changes; Conclusion; Endnotes
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Part I: The New Competitive Telecommunications EnvironmentChapter 2. Competition and Regulation-A Continuing Telecommunications Cycle; 2.1 Competition versus Regulation-Seeking a Balance; 2.2 Early Competition in the Communications Industry; 2.3 The Rise of the Bell System Dominance; 2.4 Regulation of the Communications Industry; 2.5 Technological Convergence and Renewed Competition; Conclusion; Endnotes; Chapter 3. The Telecommunications Act of 1996; 3.1 Purpose of the Telecommunications Act of 1996; 3.2 Structure and Organization of the 1996 Act-47 U.S.C. 167 151 et seq.
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3.3. Definitions-Section 3 of the Telecommunications Act of 19963.4 Provisions to Open the Competitive Market; 3.5 Duties and Obligations of Carriers; 3.6 Challenges to the Constitutionality of Section 271 Requirements; Conclusion; Endnotes; Chapter 4. Outstanding Issues from the Telecommunications Act of 1996; 4.1 Local Number Portability; 4.2 Universal Service; 4.3 Access; 4.4 Reciprocal Compensation-Payment for Transport and Termination of Communications; Conclusion; Endnotes; Part II: Embracing the Expanded Global Telecommunications Market
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Chapter 5. The World Trade Organization and Its Telecommunications-Related Agreements5.1 Historical International Trade-Goods, Not Services; 5.2 1948-The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; 5.3 December 1992-North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA; 5.4 March 1994-The Global Information Infrastructure (GII) Concept is Introduced; 5.5 April 15, 1994-Uruguay Round Concluded, WTO Created in Marrakesh, Morocco; 5.6 April 24, 1996-Initial Results of the Negotiations on Basic Telecommunications; 5.7 December 1996-Singapore Ministerial Conference
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5.8 February 15, 1997-WTO Agreement on Basic Telecommunications5.9 April 15, 1997-Fourth Protocol to GATS Adopted; Conclusion; Endnotes; Chapter 6. Participating in Global Telecommunications Trade: U.S. Import and Export Laws; 6.1 U.S. Trade Laws; 6.2 U.S. Export Laws; 6.3 Implementing Agencies; 6.4 What Is Exported?; 6.5 To Whom Is the Product Exported?; 6.6 How Are Exports Conducted?; 6.7 Record Retention Requirements; 6.8 Penalties for Violations of Export Laws; 6.9 Drafting International Trade Contracts; 6.10 Establishing an Export Compliance Program; Conclusion; Endnotes
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Chapter 7. Licensing to Protect Telecommunications Intellectual Property
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1-55860-546-0
Sprache:
Englisch
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