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.