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Ringing off the Hook! Japanese Telecommunications Responds to the Call of Asian Markets

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The breakup of AT&T in the United States and the privatization of NTT in Japan and British Telecom in the United Kingdom profoundly affected the structure of the international telecommunications industry. Since early 1998,. telecommunications markets have changed even more significantly, as a result of the European Union throwing open its markets to competition in the provision of infrastructure and services.2

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  1. Yumiko Okamoto
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Political Science, Haas School of Business, USA

    Vinod K. Aggarwal (Professor, Affiliated Professor, Director) (Professor, Affiliated Professor, Director)

  2. Berkeley APEC Study Center (BASC), University of California, Berkeley, USA

    Vinod K. Aggarwal (Professor, Affiliated Professor, Director) (Professor, Affiliated Professor, Director)

  3. Waseda University, Japan

    Shujiro Urata (Professor of Economics) (Professor of Economics)

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Okamoto, Y. (2002). Ringing off the Hook! Japanese Telecommunications Responds to the Call of Asian Markets. In: Aggarwal, V.K., Urata, S. (eds) Winning in Asia, Japanese Style. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-10926-2_6

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