Internet Resources on
Telecommunication Law, Regulation, and Policy

Telecommunications Related Links

from the Federal Communications Law Journal

American Bar Association Legal Technology Resource Center

Telecommunications Act of 1996

texts and opinions compiled at the University of Iowa.

Telecommunication Legislation and Regulation

United Kingdom - The Office of Telecommunications

OFTEL is the "watchdog", or regulator, for the UK telecoms industry. Our aim is for customers to get the best possible deal in terms of quality, choice and value for money. OFTEL is a non-ministerial government department, independent of ministerial control, and is headed by the Director General of Telecommunications, who is appointed by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry. The current Director General is Don Cruickshank.

International Telecommunication Union

Finland: The Telecommunications Administration Centre

an agency with responsibility for radio, telecommunications and postal adminsration. (in English)

Hong Kong: Office of the Telecommunications Authority

Contains several speeches on world telecommunication issues and prospects.

New Zealand: Government Communications Division

An analysis of the experience of telecommunication interconnection negotiations in New Zealand, the Privy Council decision in the case of Telecom Corporation and Clear Communicationsa, and the implications for the regulation of access to vertically-integrated natural monopoly industries in New Zealand.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATORY VOCABULARY

PTC Telecoms Directory

PTC maintains a list of hypertext links to telecommunications World Wide Web sites.

PTCWeb

The online presence of the Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC), an international, non-profit, non-governmental membership organization for providers and users of communications services, policy-makers, technologists, lawyers, scientists and academics.

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