The integrated services digital network (ISDN): economic and policy issues

Author

Melody, Bill

Author_Institution

Centre for Int. Res. on Commun. & Inf. Technol., South Melbourne, Vic., Australia

fYear

1992

Firstpage

499

Abstract

Some fundamental policy issues that will influence the rate and direction of implementation of ISDN within a changing national and global telecommunication environment are examined. Additional criteria that ISDN must satisfy before it becomes a proven technology are indicated, together with additional constraints and potential problems. It is argued that if those involved in the technical design of ISDN are fully aware of telecommunication policy objectives, the technical design lf ISDN may be able to evolve in directions that will both improve the future of ISDN and assist in meeting policy objectives more effectively

Keywords

ISDN; telecommunication network management; ISDN; economic issues; integrated services digital network; policy issues; technical design; Australia; Computer networks; Environmental economics; Humans; ISDN; Information technology; Power generation economics; Social implications of technology; Telecommunication computing; Telecommunication services;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

TENCON '92. ''Technology Enabling Tomorrow : Computers, Communications and Automation towards the 21st Century.' 1992 IEEE Region 10 International Conference.

Conference_Location

Melbourne, Vic.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0849-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TENCON.1992.272020

Filename

272020