China's telecommunications revolution / Eric Harwit.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harwit, Eric, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Telecommunication--China.

Telecommunication.

Telecommunication--Economic aspects--China.

Telecommunication--Social aspects--China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

China's telecommunications industry has seen revolutionary transformation and growth over the past three decades. Chinese Internet users number nearly 150 million, and the PRC expects to quickly pass the US in total numbers of connected citizens. The number of mobile and fixed-line telephone users soared from a mere 2 million in 1980 to a total of nearly 800 million in 2007. China has been the most successful developing nation in history for spreading telecommunications access at anunparalleled rapid pace. This book tells how China conducted its remarkable ""telecommunications revolution"". It

Contents:

Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; 1. Industrial Policy and the Chinese Telecommunications Industry; 2. China's Telecommunications History and Policy Trajectory; 3. Telecommunications Competition in the 1990s and 2000s; 4. China's Internet and Government Policy; 5. Building the Network: The Role of Telecommunications Equipment Companies; 6. Telecommunications in Shanghai: A Case Focus on the Municipal Government's Role; 7. The Digital Divide of Telephones and the Internet; 8. Industrial Policy and Lessons of the Telecommunications Revolution; Notes; Bibliography

IndexA; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-230) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-160793-2

1-281-85273-2

0-19-152848-X

9786611852733

OCLC:

655153079