Examples of telecom

• Such relaxation of state monopoly control of telecommunications as occurred was mainly in" communications" areas lying between telecoms and computers.

• European nations' telecoms continued to depend on a consensual grouping of a few powerful interests.

• Given the divergent interests of computer equipment producers and telecoms equipment producers concerning trade liberalization, the equipment producers could not organise strong support for reform.

• They can choose to insist on state ownership, as is common for public utilities, post and telecoms.

• The rest of the world's telecoms deregulatory efforts were half-hearted at most.

• The telecoms and defence of officials usually preferred to buy from a small group of two or three national companies.

• The organisational separation of telecoms services from postal services had begun to result in a more market-oriented outlook.

• The most prominent 'consultants' used by businesses to 'position themselves' were game theorists hired by the large telecoms.

• Major clients include telecoms, insurance, energy, and consumer goods companies.

• Another example is liberalisation of basic telecoms.

• The method could be taken further if specific requirements were needed and technical variety (telecom for instance) was introduced.

• The greater propensity of telecom than electricity for international cooperation also derives from the constraints on trade in electricity.

• Differences in the governance regime for telecom and electricity are explained by a state-centered multi-level approach.

• While one should not overemphasize the power of outsiders, the threat of environmental legislation also made the electricity establishment more politically vulnerable than telecom.

• In both telecom and electricity the major consumers are businesses, and they are affected by the levels of tariffs and services.