Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of exhibits
- Preface
- List of abbreviations and acronyms
- Introduction
- 1 Summary of the argument
- 2 The new ICT ecosystem: architectural structure
- 3 The new ICT ecosystem as an innovation system
- 4 The new ICT ecosystem: a quantitative analysis
- 5 Telecoms regulation
- 6 Policy-making for the new ICT ecosystem
- 7 The way forward: the message to policy-makers and regulators
- Appendixes
- 1 The evolution of the new ICT ecosystem, 1945–2007: how innovation drives the system
- 2 European regulation of electronic communications, 1987–2003
- 3 Some problems with the dominant regulatory paradigm in telecoms (DRPT)
- 4 A short introduction to Schumpeterian evolutionary economics
- 5 Other layer models: OSI and TCP/IP
- 6 Content, applications and services: definitions
- 7 Why do US Internet companies dominate in layer 3?
- 8 How did East Asia (Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China) become so strong in layer 1?
- 9 China's telecoms service providers in layer 2
- 10 Companies in our database, by layer
- Bibliography
- Index
9 - China's telecoms service providers in layer 2
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 May 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of exhibits
- Preface
- List of abbreviations and acronyms
- Introduction
- 1 Summary of the argument
- 2 The new ICT ecosystem: architectural structure
- 3 The new ICT ecosystem as an innovation system
- 4 The new ICT ecosystem: a quantitative analysis
- 5 Telecoms regulation
- 6 Policy-making for the new ICT ecosystem
- 7 The way forward: the message to policy-makers and regulators
- Appendixes
- 1 The evolution of the new ICT ecosystem, 1945–2007: how innovation drives the system
- 2 European regulation of electronic communications, 1987–2003
- 3 Some problems with the dominant regulatory paradigm in telecoms (DRPT)
- 4 A short introduction to Schumpeterian evolutionary economics
- 5 Other layer models: OSI and TCP/IP
- 6 Content, applications and services: definitions
- 7 Why do US Internet companies dominate in layer 3?
- 8 How did East Asia (Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China) become so strong in layer 1?
- 9 China's telecoms service providers in layer 2
- 10 Companies in our database, by layer
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Inevitably – because of its size, its rapid growth and its strategic positioning in the global economy – China will come to play an important role in the global new ICT ecosystem. In appendix 8, China's position in layer 1, the networked elements layer, was considered. In this appendix some tentative comments are offered regarding the Chinese approach in layer 2, the network operation layer.
Is there a distinctive Chinese model for telecoms services in layer 2?
History of the Chinese telecoms services industry
A brief history of the Chinese telecoms services industry is provided in exhibit A9.1.
Competition in the Chinese telecoms services industry
On the face of it, there is little competition in the Chinese telecoms services industry. In the fixed area, the two major companies – China Telecom and China Netcom – are separated geographically and have limited competitive relationships with one another. Furthermore, although China Unicom is the only operator to be licensed to deliver both fixed and mobile services (both CDMA and GSM, though it concentrates on the former), its competition in fixed services with the two main fixed operators is limited in extent. However, this account is misleading since it ignores the extent of competitive forces in the Chinese telecoms services industry.
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- The New ICT EcosystemImplications for Policy and Regulation, pp. 218 - 222Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010