Transforming Global Information and Communication Markets

Peter F. Cowhey, a former senior FCC official, is Dean of the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies and Qualcomm Endowed Chair in Communications and Technology Policy at the University of California, San Diego.

"I have never read a more astute analysis of how information technology and governments together have globalized every economy, producing winners and losers aplenty. Insights -- like the importance of modularity and the power of ideas -- abound. This is a must-read for technology business leaders who deal with government and for government officials who want their nations to succeed in world competition. A tour de force!"--Reed Hundt, Former Chairman, FCC -- Reed Hundt "An astonishingly timely, hopeful, and important book that will influence our thinking about global governance and markets, international policy, and how our human institutions are organized. Eye-opening and totally sensible."--Warren Bennis, Distinguished Professor of Business, University of Southern California, and author of Transparency and Judgment "I have never read a more astute analysis of how information technology andgovernments together have globalized every economy, producing winners andlosers aplenty. Insights -- like the importance of modularity and the powerof ideas -- abound. This is a must-read for technology business leaders whodeal with government and for government officials who want their nations tosucceed in world competition. A tour de force!" Reed Hundt , former Chairman, FCC "What a wonderful and remarkable book! Transforming Global Information and Communications Markets presents a broad vision, brimming with insights about communications markets all over the globe. It covers an extensive range of topics: the decline in the price of long-distance telephony, the development of 3G and distribution of profits from it, modularity in on-line content markets, the governance of the web, the transformation of broadcasting, and more. The book provides a coherent explanation for every important trend in modern communications markets. I could not put it down." Shane M. Greenstein , Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University