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I have been requested to discuss the developments in the Netherlands which resulted in the new status and structure of the Dutch PTT as from January 1, 1989. When invited, I protested to the friendly organisers that I am merely an engineer, a technology professor, and not an economist or a regulator. However, they dismissed this objection with reference to the personal role that I ostensibly played in reshaping this the largest enterprise in The Netherlands.
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Arnbak, J.C. (1989). The Restructuring of the Dutch Postal and Telecommunications Sectors. In: Neu, W., Neumann, KH. (eds) Die Zukunft der Telekommunikation in Europa. Schriftenreihe des Wissenschaftlichen Instituts für Kommunikationsdienste der Deutschen Bundespost, vol 6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46665-6_6
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