Contributors Introduction I. The Evolution of Telecommunication Networks 1. The Three Stages of Network Evolution, Eli M. Noam 2. A Comparison of Deregulation Policies, Tsurhiko Nambu 3. Public and Private Cooperation in International Infomatics, Peter F. Cowhey II. Network Formations 4.

China, Lian Xiong-jian and Zhu You-nong 5. China: Steps Toward Political and Financial Reform, Ken Zita 6. Indonesia, Jonathan L. Parapak 7. Malaysia and Indonesia: Telecommunications Restructuring, Vincent Lowe 8. Malaysia, Fong Chan Onn 9. Pacific Island Nations, Meheroo Jussawalla 10. The Philippines, Thomas G.

Aquino 11. Thailand, Srisakdi Charmonman III. Advanced Networks in Transition 12. Australia, Trevor Barr 13. Hong Kong, Jerome J. Day, Jr. 14. Singapore, Eddie C.

Y. Kuo 15. South Korea: Structure and Changes, Kwang-Yung Choo and Myung-Koo Kang 16. South Korea: Telecommunications Policies into the 1990s, Keuk Je Sung 17. Taiwan: Changes in the Environment for Development, Tseng Fan-Tung and Mao Chi-Kuo 18. Taiwan: Changes in the Environment for Development, Chintay Shih and Yeo Lin IV. Beyond Universal Service 19. Canada, Hudson N.

Janisch and Bohdan S. Romaniuk 20. New Zealand: The Unique Experiment in Deregulation, Patrick G. McCabe 21. New Zealand: Testing the Limits of Nonregulation, Herbert S. Dordick 22. Japan: Creating the Domestic and International Network, Youichi Ito and Atsushi Iwata 23. Japan: Technology and Domestic Deregulation, Susumu Nagai 24.

The United States, Eli M. Noam 25. The Important Links in Pacific Basin Telecommunications, Douglas A. Conn Acronyms Index.