While about 20% of all private households in the US had access to the Internet in 1997, the Internet penetration in Western Europe was significantly lower with little more than 5%. A key factor to explain the different penetration levels in the US and Western Europe is the pricing policy. In the...

British Telecom, France Télécom and Deutsche Telekom have all implemented major organizational changes during the past two years. On the one hand their new organizational structures reflect changes in their environment, regulation in particular, as well as in technology. On the other hand...

Technological and regulatory developments are opening the door for competition and new services in the local loop. The reunification of Germany created an opportunity for Deutsche Telekom to install fiber in the loop on a large scale in eastern Germany. Deutsche Telekom's strategy consists of...