UK policies and regulations
This article describes the work of the UK Office of Telecommunications (Oftel) and its relationships with government and the telecommunications industry. A major part of Oftel's formal remit has been to promote competition, and this has generally been achieved without detriment to social goals. Network competition is now Oftel's main focus--an objective powerfully furthered by the 1992 duopoly review and Oftel's recently tightened interconnection rules. The article concludes with a description of the incentive regulation system to promote efficiency.
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1992
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Authors: | Wigglesworth, Bill ; Barnes, Fod |
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Telecommunications Policy. - Elsevier, ISSN 0308-5961. - Vol. 16.1992, 9, p. 721-725
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Elsevier |
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