Part I: The british and french telecommunications sector in 1969 and external pressures for change The roots of history: telecommunications in Britain and France before 1969 Technological and economic pressures for chanfe in telecommunications from the 1960s to the 1990s Pressures for change from the international regulatory environmental of telecommunications from the 1960s to the 1990s Part II: Institutions and policy making 1969-1979 The institutional framework of the telecommunications sector in Britain and France 1969-1979: divergence, and standstill Policy making in the 1970s: constraints in Britain, boldness in France Part III: Institutions and policy making 1980-1997 The institutional framework of telecommunications 1980-1997: national change, divergence, and differences The impacts of institutional change and divergence on policy making: the network operators in Britain and France during the 1980s Competition in network operation 1990-1996: differing national paths away from monopoly Policy making in a new field of telecommunications: advanced networks and services and customer premises equipment from the late 1970s to the mid-1990s Part IV: Economic outcomes in telecommunications 1970-1997 Economic outcomes in the telecommunications sector in Britain and france 1970-1997: convergence despite institutional divergence Part V: Conclusions National institutions, policy, and change

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