Telecommunications are moving from the traditional monopoly, by way of the intermediate stage of a 'network of networks' to the stage of a 'system of systems' in which users are served by systems integrators that access each other. This environment will not be the 'end of history' as far as...

Telecommunications infrastructure goes through technology-induced phases, and the regulatory regime follows. Telecom 1.0, based on copper wires, was monopolistic in market structure and led to a Regulation 1.0 with government ownership or control. Wireless long-distance and then mobile...