This article reviews research work on telecommunications and economic development which can be applied to the problems faced in the less favoured regions of Europe. The authors draw on work carried out under the auspices of the Commission of the European Communities into the disadvantages these...

By 1992, the European Community expects to have removed all barriers to trade in Europe, and to have created a single, integrated internal market. This comment describes the economic rationale for 1992, and assesses the impact on telecommunications. Questions are raised about the threats which...