Telecommunications

Industries

Natural-monopoly economics, regulated returns and a boom-bust capex cycle; the recurring question is who owns the last mile.

6 books

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  1. The Idea FactoryJon Gertner, 2012
  2. The Deal of the CenturySteve Coll, 1986
  3. The Master SwitchTim Wu, 2010

Books 6

The Master Switch
T1 The Master Switch
Tim Wu · 2010 · The recurring open-to-closed cycle in information industries.
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Andrew Chen
The Idea Factory
T1 The Idea Factory
Jon Gertner · 2012 · Bell Labs and what monopoly rents bought in basic research.
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Mark ZuckerbergPatrick CollisonRon Conway
The Deal of the Century
T2 The Deal of the Century
Steve Coll · 1986 · The breakup of AT&T.
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Broadbandits
T3 Broadbandits
Om Malik · 2003 · The fibre overbuild and the telecom bust.
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Matt Mullenweg
Optical Illusions
T3 Optical Illusions
Lisa Endlich · 2004 · Lucent and the collapse of the equipment vendors.
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Telecosm
T4 Telecosm
George Gilder · 2000 · Bandwidth-abundance thesis; useful as a period document of the bubble.
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