Telecommunications reform in India / edited by Rafiq Dossani.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: Tables ix -- Figures xi -- Foreword by Pramod Mahajan xiii -- Preface xv -- Abbreviations xix -- Introduction 1 -- Chapter 1 -- The Policy Agenda -- Shyamal Ghosh 25 -- Chapter 2 -- TRAI's Objectives and Policy Focus in a Changing Environment -- M. S. Verma 35 -- Chapter 3 -- An Institutional View -- Rafiq Dossani and S. Manikutty 43 -- Chapter 4 -- Strategies for Rapid Telecommunications and Internet Growth -- Ashok Jhunjhunwala 73 -- Chapter 5 -- Privatization and Market Liberalization in Asia -- J.P. Singh 91 -- Chapter 6 -- A New Approach to Service Provision -- Vinod Khosla 119 -- Chapter 7 -- Lessons in Telecommunications Policy and Practice -- Heather E. Hudson 127 -- Chapter 8 -- Universal Service, Competition, and Economic Growth -- Gregory L. Rosston and Bradley S. Wimmer 153 -- Chapter 9 -- Regulation of the Mexican Telecommunications Markets -- Cristina Casanueva 171 -- Chapter 10 -- Pricing Interconnection and Universal Service -- Yale M. Braunstein 183 -- Chapter 11 -- Universal Service in Densely Populated Developing Countries -- Farid Gasmi, Jean-Jacques Laffont, and William W. Sharkey 195 -- Chapter 12 -- Parvathagiri, Andhra Pradesh: A Rural Case Study -- Uday Kumar, Joseph Pernyeszi, E. Madanmohan Rao, and P. Yadagiri 217 -- Appendix A -- National Telecom Policy- 1994 227 -- Appendix B -- New Telecomm Policy- 1999 231 -- Index 247 -- About the Editor and Contributors 253.