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Telecommunications in Africa
- Title
- Telecommunications in Africa / edited by Eli M. Noam.
- Publication
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
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- Additional Authors
- Noam, Eli M.
- Description
- viii, 306 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Edited by an internationally recognized authority on telecommunications, this volume is the latest in a series that surveys telecommunications in the major regions of the world. It features the work of 19 expert contributors, providing a comprehensive examination of what African countries are doing to build their telecommunications capabilities.
- Thorough and accessible, this book is a valuable resource for students and scholars of communications, economics, regulatory law, telecommunications engineering, and African studies, and a useful tool for telecommunications professionals and policy makers.
- Series Statement
- Global communications series
- Uniform Title
- Global communications series.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction / Eli M. Noam -- 1. Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia / Andrea L. Kavanaugh -- 2. Egypt / Gehan Rachty -- 3. Ethiopia: Past, Present, and Future / Abii Tsigie and Girma Feyissa -- 4. Kenya: Facing the Challenges of an Open Economy / Michael Tyler, Janice Hughes and Helena Renfrew -- 5. Tanzania / M. L. Luhanga -- 6. The Congo / E. Bisimwa Ganywa and Bukasa Tshilombo -- 7. Rwanda / Alphonse Kabayiza -- 8. The Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire) / Hugues Kone -- 9. Nigeria: After a Century of Telecommunications, What Next? / G. O. Ajayi, R. I. Salawu and T. I. Raji -- 10. Ghana / Francis K. A. Allotey and Felix K. Akorli -- 11. Out of South Africa: South Africa's Telecommunications Equipment Industry / David Kaplan -- 12. South African Telecommunications: History and Prospects / Robert B. Horwitz -- 13. Namibia's Telecommunications: The Link to Africa / Klaus Dierks --
- 14. Models for the Development of Regional Telecommunications Networks in Africa / Mansur M. Nuruddin -- 15. New Communications Technologies for Development: Challenges for Africa / Heather E. Hudson.
- ISBN
- 0195102010 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 96036158
- OCLC
- 35280656
- ocm35280656
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries