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Volume 1, Issue 5
1 October 1999
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Research Article| October 01 1999

Will competitors be allowed to compete? The regulation of long‐term contracts in the telecommunications industry

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Andrew N. Kleit
The Pennsylvania State University, 221 Walker Building, University Park, PA 16802‐5010
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Dennis L. Weisman
Kansas State University, Waters Hall, Manhattan, Kansas 66506‐4001, USA
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1465-9840
Print ISSN: 1463-6697
© MCB UP Limited
1999
Info (1999) 1 (5): 441–447.
https://doi.org/10.1108/14636699910801188

Elaborates on forthcoming change in the US telecoms industry. Wonders how competitors will be allowed to compete. Urges that regulators must focus on protecting competition and not competitors. In conclusion, reckons that consumers are best served by laws and regulations that protect the competitive process – not the competitors themselves.

Keywords: Telecommunications, Competition, Regulations
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