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PART 1: The Telecommunications Industry in One Easy Lesson- Chapter 1: The Telecommunications Industry
PART 2: Operating the System- Chapter 2: Introduction
- Chapter 3: The Telephone Network
- Chapter 4: Sound Waves and Transmission
- Chapter 5: The Switch
- Chapter 6: Signaling Systems
- Chapter 7: Alternative Technologies
- Chapter 8: Summary
PART 3: Organization, Development and the Rise of Competition- Chapter 9: Prehistory
- Chapter 10: Alexander Graham Bell
- Chapter 11: Vail and Forbes
- Chapter 12: The Interregnum: Conservatism and Competition
- Chapter 13: Vail Returns
- Chapter 14: The Heirs Consolidate
- Chapter 15: Expansion, Consolidation and Incipient Competition
- Chapter 16: The Road to Divestiture
- Chapter 17: The World After Divestiture
- Chapter 18: The Rise of Alternatives: Wireless, Cable and Competitive Local Exchange Carriers
- Chapter 19: Congress Changes the Rules: 1996 and Beyond
- Chapter 20: Summary
PART 4: Regulatory Foundations and the Rise of Competition- Chapter 21: The Development of Public Utility Regulation
- Chapter 22: What is a Public Utility?
- Chapter 23: The Purposes and Drawbacks of Regulation
- Chapter 24: Setting the Rate of Return
- Chapter 25: Alternative Regulatory Methods
- Chapter 26: The Rate Structure, Pricing and Regulatory Economics
- Chapter 27: Summary
PART 5: Finance: Basics, Analysis and Results- Chapter 28: The Basics
- Chapter 29: The Statement of Income
- Chapter 30: Changes in Stockholders' Equity
- Chapter 31: The Balance Sheet
- Chapter 32: The Statement of Cash Flows
- Chapter 33: Convertible Securities
- Chapter 34: Other Accounting Issues
- Chapter 35: Financial Analysis
- Chapter 36: Market Ratios
- Chapter 37: The Financial Results on the Books and in the Market Place
- Chapter 38: Summary
PART 6: The International Market Place- Chapter 39: International in Context
- Chapter 40: Market Size, Growth and Saturation
- Chapter 41: International Issues
- Chapter 42: Summary
APPENDICES- A: The Internet
- B: Telecommunications Chronology
- C: Bibliography
- D: Historical Statistics
INDICES- Subject Index
- Figure Index
- Table Index
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