"Fundamental Instability: Why Telecom Is Becoming a Cyclical and Oligopolistic Industry"
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Information Economics and Policy,
2008
Volume: 18
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Issue: 3
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Pages: 272-84
Publication type: Journal article
Research Archive Topic: Media and Technology
Abstract
This essay analyzes the long-term lessons of the recent upturn and downturn in the telecommunications industry. It concludes that volatility and cyclicality will be an inherent part of the telecom sector in the future. To deal with such instabilities, companies and investors seek consolidation and cooperation. Government, too, is likely to stress stability more than before. Hence, an oligopoly is likely to emerge as the equilibrium market structure, and with it some regulation.
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