Institute On Telecommunications Policy And Regulation 35th Annual

Papers presented attempted to identify the major issues presentlyconfronting telecommunications regulators, analyze the implications for thevarius stakeholders involved, and identify possible policy options. Twoshorter commentaries consider issues involved in moving from policy options to implementation, setting out the argument from the industry perspective and the government perspective. An American perrspective isalso offered, as is a commentary of the August 1986 decision of the CRTC(decision 85-19) dealing with that of Bell Canada and B.C. Tel.