Download or read book The Great Telecom Meltdown written by Fred R. Goldstein and published by Artech House Publishers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing readers with an authoritative account of what contributed to the "Great Telecom Crash," this insightful resource explores the roots of the perfect storm that buffeted telecom and Internet companies and investors.

Download or read book The Great Telecoms Swindle written by Keith Brody and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2003-05-16 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the demise of WorldCom amidst a flurry of accounting scandals dominating the front pages, and following hotly in the footsteps of the equally spectacular downfall of other telecoms giants including Global Crossing and Lucent Technologies in recent months, The Great Telecoms Swindle investigates the reasons behind a roller coaster ride that is set to continue for some time yet. Vivendi, France Telecom, Vodaphone and numerous other corporate behemoths all face testing and possibly life-threatening times that will demand radical solutions in the coming months. The telecoms story is set to run and run and investors are set to continue to feel the heat. For a market that, as little as eighteen months ago amounted to a license to print money, the question 'what went wrong?' must urgently be asked. How could companies like Cisco Systems go from being paragons of virtue in the new corporate age to near pariahs embroiled in a welter of financial difficulties in such a short space of time? Is 'next generation telecoms' nothing more than a myth, a triumph of hype over reality? Tracking the rise and fall of the telecoms market from deregulation in the eighties through the advent of the mobile world, and on to broadband, 3G, and the mobile Internet the authors uncover what fuelled the boom, where the mistakes were made (by industry players and investors alike), and what if anything the future holds. Taking the lid off the headlines, The Great Telecoms Swindle reveals and examines the real problems in the telecoms market today, and exposes an industry that is entirely unsure of its own future value proposition.

Download or read book Progress on Point THE TELECOM MELTDOWN written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So you did not have the kind of meltdown in the broad equities or in the marketplace, in terms of an impact on employment or economic growth, or any of the other substantial impacts that the IT sector had had on the economy in the previous five years, 1995- 2000. [...] I think it's fair to attribute the commission of all of these sins to all of the players in this meltdown: the carriers, the financiers, the policymakers, and the opinion leaders, people like Blair and I. [...] Some of them go to the question of how are you going to divide the pie? It's not about growing the pie or reducing the cost of producing the pie; it's about who gets into the pie. [...] Some of the insiders in the CLECs and other parts of the industry, the DLECs and the backbone carriers, sold their shares before the decline. [...] But by the same token, we're all the beneficiaries of a lot of the operation of the law of the pleasant surprise.

Download or read book The Paradoxes of Network Neutralities written by Russell A. Newman and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2024-04-09 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An argument that the movement for network neutrality was of a piece with its neoliberal environment, solidifying the continued existence of a commercially driven internet. Media reform activists rejoiced in 2015 when the FCC codified network neutrality, approving a set of Open Internet rules that prohibitedproviders from favoring some content and applications over others—only to have their hopes dashed two years later when the agency reversed itself. In this book, Russell Newman offers a unique perspective on these events, arguing that the movement for network neutrality was of a piece with its neoliberal environment rather than counter to it; perversely, it served to solidify the continued existence of a commercially dominant internet and even emergent modes of surveillance and platform capitalism. Going beyond the usual policy narrative of open versus closed networks, or public interest versus corporate power, Newman uses network neutrality as a lens through which to examine the ways that neoliberalism renews and reconstitutes itself, the limits of particular forms of activism, and the shaping of future regulatory processes and policies. Newman explores the debate's roots in the 1990s movement for open access, the transition to network neutrality battles in the 2000s, and the terms in which these battles were fought. By 2017, the debate had become unmoored from its own origins, and an emerging struggle against “neoliberal sincerity” points to a need to rethink activism surrounding media policy reform itself.

Download or read book Shaping American Telecommunications written by Christopher Sterling and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-08-15 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shaping American Telecommunications examines the technical, regulatory, and economic forces that have shaped the development of American telecommunications services. This volume is both an introduction to the basic technical, economic, and regulatory principles underlying telecommunications, and a detailed account of major events that have marked development of the sector in the United States. Beginning with the introduction of the telegraph and continuing through to current developments in wireless and online services, authors Christopher H. Sterling, Phyllis W. Bernt, and Martin B.H. Weiss explain each stage of telecommunications development, examining the interplay among technical innovation, policy decisions, and regulatory developments. Offering an integrated treatment of the interplay among technology, policy, and economics as key factors defining the development of the telecommunications sector in the United States, this volume also provides: *background material to facilitate understanding of each sector; *contexts for many so-called "new" issues, problems, and trends, demonstrating origins from years or decades in the past; and *careful annotation, documentation, and reference tables to enable further research on the topics discussed. This unique multidisciplinary approach provides a balanced view of U.S. telecommunications history, in context with relevant economic, legal, social, and technical analyses. As such, it is essential reading for advanced students in telecommunications needing to understand how the telecommunications industry and service developed to its current form. The volume will also serve as a supplemental text in courses on telecommunications regulation, and it will be of value to professionals in the field seeking context and background for their daily work.

Download or read book Inside the Telecom Crash written by Fotios Harmantzis and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Numerous telecommunication companies have entered bankruptcy proceedings in the United States lately, with 2002 being a record year. WorldCom, the second largest long-distance telephone carrier in the country, was one of them. The filing was the largest in the U.S. so far, as well as the accounting scandal in the company. WorldCom's rise and fall typifies the meltdown of the highly leveraged telecommunications sector over the last few years. An industry that historically has outpaced overall economic growth, crashed in the beginning of the new century. The overcapacity in the telecommunications sector, was perhaps the worst in the economy. As the telecom crisis still persists, although there are signals of recovery, here we show the predictability of Altman's Z-Score Model, a simple credit risk model, applying it to some of the major bankruptcy-protection telecom cases. Detailed discussion about WorldCom, as well as the telecommunications services sector in the United States is presented.

Download or read book How the Internet Became Commercial written by Shane Greenstein and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-09-26 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In less than a decade, the Internet went from being a series of loosely connected networks used by universities and the military to the powerful commercial engine it is today. This book describes how many of the key innovations that made this possible came from entrepreneurs and iconoclasts who were outside the mainstream—and how the commercialization of the Internet was by no means a foregone conclusion at its outset. Shane Greenstein traces the evolution of the Internet from government ownership to privatization to the commercial Internet we know today. This is a story of innovation from the edges. Greenstein shows how mainstream service providers that had traditionally been leaders in the old-market economy became threatened by innovations from industry outsiders who saw economic opportunities where others didn't—and how these mainstream firms had no choice but to innovate themselves. New models were tried: some succeeded, some failed. Commercial markets turned innovations into valuable products and services as the Internet evolved in those markets. New business processes had to be created from scratch as a network originally intended for research and military defense had to deal with network interconnectivity, the needs of commercial users, and a host of challenges with implementing innovative new services. How the Internet Became Commercial demonstrates how, without any central authority, a unique and vibrant interplay between government and private industry transformed the Internet.

Download or read book The Evolution of Media written by A. Michael Noll and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2007 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise introduction to the evolution of communication media, The Evolution of Media is unique in that it treats both mass media and interpersonal media. The first part of the book describes the history and development of media technology. The second and third parts develop a taxonomy for media and compare their technological requirements, applications, and other significant elements. The last section presents a simple methodology to help predict the success of new media products and services. This book is a useful supplement for foundational courses in mass communication and communication history, as well as a primer for anyone interested in the big picture of communication media.

Download or read book Making Policy for the New Information Economy written by Krishna Prasad Jayakar and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-09-10 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a theoretically informed comparative analysis of the telecommunications and information policy-making process in two major developing economies, China and India. With a focus on how policies are made rather than what those policies are, the book investigates how policy actors interact within institutional structures to define policy problems and identify potential solutions. The authors explain the evolution of these policy-making systems as the two countries liberalized their economies and opened their media and telecommunications systems to competition over the past two-and-a-half decades. With applications in numerous international contexts, this book will be of interest to scholars and practitioners in public policy studies, telecommunications, business, development economics, political science, Asian studies, and public administration.

Download or read book Power Line Communications in Practice written by Xavier Carcelle and published by Artech House. This book was released on 2009 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here's everything you want to know about PLC technology, theory, applications, and installation organized for you in the first definitive English-language book on the subject. You get a solid theoretical grounding on this emerging alternative to Wi-Fi and Ethernet together with best-practice examples of PLC deployments and down-to-business procedures to install PLC in the home, design large-scale PLC networks for businesses and communities, and choose the right technology and equipment for any application. A state-of-the-art reference, how-to guide, and problem-solver wrapped up in one complete source, this benchmark work brings you quickly up to speed on PLC network architecture, functionalities, security issues, and applications. You get details on PLC modems, transformers, and other equipment along with PLC installation and configuration guidelines that cover everything from choosing the topology for a PLC network to configuring parameters under Windows or Linux/BSD. The book spells out steps to install PLC in homes followed by design and configuration procedures for PLC business networks that cover all issues involving network architecture, standard and equipment selection, security, and other essentials. The book also explores the development of community-wide PLC networks and the emergence of hybrid PLC-Ethernet-Wi-Fi applications. Supported by real-world examples and 280 illustrations, this hands-on resource takes you to the cutting edge of power line communications and helps you tap its rich potential moving forward.

Download or read book Disaster Recovery Planning for Communications and Critical Infrastructure written by Leo Anthony Wrobel and published by Artech House. This book was released on 2009 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addressing the vulnerabilities in today's critical infrastructure to natural disasters and terrorism, this practical book describes what public safety and other officials need to do to protect should be doing to pipelines, power plants, telecommunications, and other essential services before the unthinkable happens. The book explains how to maintain command and control in any disaster, and how to predict the probability of those disasters. Written by two highly regarded experts in the field, this one-of-a-kind guidebook shows how to simplify risk assessments and emergency response procedures to disasters affecting our critical national and local infrastructure.

Download or read book Best Practices in Talent Management written by Marshall Goldsmith and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-12-09 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for BEST PRACTICES in TALENT MANAGEMENT "This book includes the most up-to-date thinking, tools, models, instruments and case studies necessary to identify, lead, and manage talent within your organization and with a focus on results. It provides it all from thought leadership to real-world practice." PATRICK CARMICHAEL HEAD OF TALENT MANAGEMENT, REFINING, MARKETING, AND INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS, SAUDI ARAMCO "This is a superb compendium of stories that give the reader a peek behind the curtains of top notch organizations who have wrestled with current issues of talent management. Their lessons learned are vital for leaders and practitioners who want a very valuable heads up." BEVERLY KAYE FOUNDER/CEO: CAREER SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL AND CO-AUTHOR, LOVE 'EM OR LOSE 'EM "This is a must read for organization leaders and HR practitioners who cope with the today's most critical business challenge talent management. This book provides a vast amount of thought provoking ideals, tools, and models, for building and implementing talent management strategies. I highly recommend it!" DALE HALM ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM MANAGER, ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE "If you are responsible for planning and implementing an effective talent and succession management strategy in your organization, this book provides the case study examples you are looking for." DORIS SIMS AUTHOR, BUILDING TOMORROW'S TALENT "A must read for all managers who wish to implement a best practice talent management program within their organization" FARIBORZ GHADAR WILLIAM A. SCHREYER PROFESSOR OF GLOBAL MANAGEMENT, POLICIES AND PLANNING SENIOR ADVISOR AND DISTINGUISHED SENIOR SCHOLAR CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS FOUNDING DIRECTOR CENTER FOR GLOBAL BUSINESS STUDIES

Download or read book Indian Ocean Imaginings written by Joshua Esler and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-11-28 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a multidisciplinary study of the Indian Ocean region, bringing together perspectives from the disciplines of history, defense and strategic studies, cultural and religious studies, and environmental studies. From the earliest exchanges through Sumerian and Harappan trade, to emerging geopolitical alliances in the twenty-first century, this volume demonstrates both the continuity and change of the region as well as its unity and diversity. The expanse of this ocean and its littoral rim is connected through the social imaginary, which enables these processes. It is with the stories of the peoples inhabiting this rim that this book is concerned—told both through micro studies of the everyday lives of the region’s people and through macro studies centered around civilizations, empires, nation-states, and climate change.

Download or read book Why Did the U S Telecommunications Industry Collapse in English and Japanese written by J. Gregory Sidak and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. telecommunications industry has collapsed. As I write this essay, Global Crossing is bankrupt, WorldCom is near bankruptcy, and Qwest may have narrowly avoided it. AOL TimeWarner has lost tens of billions of dollars of shareholder value since its merger, and ATamp;T continues to divest businesses after having spent more than $100 billion to buy cable television companies that by 2002 it hoped to sell for half their purchase price. Wireless carriers and equipment manufacturers have lost three-quarters of a trillion dollars in market capitalization between January 2001 and June 2002.By the summer of 2002, some in Washington indelicately asked, quot;Does the Federal Communications Commission bear some responsibility for this debacle?quot; Despite the revelation of accounting fraud at WorldCom and investigations being made of other carriers, it is not sufficient to dismiss the collapse as the result of simple corruption, or in the amorphous jargon of business journalists, quot;speculative excess.quot; Joseph Schumpeter's famous phrase quot;creative destructionquot; is mouthed with greater frequency than insight. Yet, it is incorrect to attribute the collapse to the inevitable workings of the invisible hand of the marketplace. The FCC's hand has been all too visible, explicitly influencing the expectations upon which speculation, and investment, rest. Two areas of regulatory policy show how the FCC can distort efficient outcomes. One is the FCC's complex and contentious policies for the mandatory unbundling of local exchange networks. The second is the FCC's mishandling of Auction 35, the spectrum auction for wireless telephony frequencies that has become frozen in seemingly endless litigation.

Download or read book Meltdown Money Debt and Wealth of Nations how Zero Inflation Policy is Leading the World s Monetary and Economic Systems to Collapse an Anthology from the First Decade of Economic Reform written by William Krehm and published by COMER Publications. This book was released on 1999 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " ... Four volumes of selections from the first 20 years of Economic reform, the print publication of the Committee for Monetary and Economic Reform."--V. 2, p. ix.

Download or read book Capacity Swaps by Global Crossing and Qwest written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 1070 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Thinking Inside the Box written by Kirk Cheyfitz and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to avoiding economic turbulence urges managers to return to core business fundamentals, identifying twelve principles for building, expanding, and maintaining a healthy company.