This paper analyses the ownership, control, business practices and ideologies surrounding the creation of a global and imperial underseas cable network between the 1860s and 1920s. A major focus is placed on linkages between governments (notably Britain) and private cable cartels in the formulation of cable policies and on debates that arose between the 1880s and first decade of the twentieth century concerning private versus state ownership of cables and the issue of cable rates. In these debates, Canada was heavily involved in favour of state ownership and stronger imperial ties. The Pacific Cable seen as the first phase in the implementation of an “All Red” cable system, then Canada engaged in a short-lived campaign for reform on the Atl...
Regulation and deregulation of the telecommunication industry: from the american and british experie...
Regulation and deregulation of the telecommunication industry: from the american and british experie...
Abstract: This paper discusses key concepts in telecommunications policy: common carriage, natural m...
Filling in a key chapter in communications history, Dwayne R. Winseck and Robert M. Pike offer an in...
American hyper-power world dominance by public and private agencies has replaced British Empire hype...
Abstract: To appreciate the implications of recent government and regulatory decisions advancing com...
'The first submarine telegraphic cable which linked the Canary Islands with the Spanish mainland was...
The harnessing of steam and electricity in the mid-nineteenth century created a new world of possibi...
This paper examines the political and economic circumstances surrounding the introduction of interna...
'The first submarine telegraphic cable which linked the Canary Islands with the Spanish mainland was...
Whereas in Europe the public authorities were quick to take control of the telegraph, in the U.S. it...
Whereas in Europe the public authorities were quick to take control of the telegraph, in the U.S. it...
This paper examines the political and economic circumstances surrounding the introduction of interna...
A bstract. Strating with the situation of the international communications since the middle of the 1...
A bstract. Strating with the situation of the international communications since the middle of the 1...
Regulation and deregulation of the telecommunication industry: from the american and british experie...
Regulation and deregulation of the telecommunication industry: from the american and british experie...
Abstract: This paper discusses key concepts in telecommunications policy: common carriage, natural m...
Filling in a key chapter in communications history, Dwayne R. Winseck and Robert M. Pike offer an in...
American hyper-power world dominance by public and private agencies has replaced British Empire hype...
Abstract: To appreciate the implications of recent government and regulatory decisions advancing com...
'The first submarine telegraphic cable which linked the Canary Islands with the Spanish mainland was...
The harnessing of steam and electricity in the mid-nineteenth century created a new world of possibi...
This paper examines the political and economic circumstances surrounding the introduction of interna...
'The first submarine telegraphic cable which linked the Canary Islands with the Spanish mainland was...
Whereas in Europe the public authorities were quick to take control of the telegraph, in the U.S. it...
Whereas in Europe the public authorities were quick to take control of the telegraph, in the U.S. it...
This paper examines the political and economic circumstances surrounding the introduction of interna...
A bstract. Strating with the situation of the international communications since the middle of the 1...
A bstract. Strating with the situation of the international communications since the middle of the 1...
Regulation and deregulation of the telecommunication industry: from the american and british experie...
Regulation and deregulation of the telecommunication industry: from the american and british experie...
Abstract: This paper discusses key concepts in telecommunications policy: common carriage, natural m...