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nationalisation

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Aust & NZ
telecoms

     overview

This note highlights privatisation, with a particular emphasis on telecommunication network operators.

It covers -

• this introduction
• issues and mechanisms, supplemented by chronologies regarding privatisation of telecoms, banks, insurance and other enterprises
• studies - major works for understanding privatisation and deregulation
• Australia - the shape of privatisation in Australia, with highlights of infrastructure and enterprise sales by the national and state/territory governments
• New Zealand - the shape of privatisation in New Zealand, with highlights of infrastructure and enterprise sales

There is a complementary note on nationalisation.

The notes support discussion of the 1990s telco sector bubble and the more detailed guide on Networks & the Global Information Infrastructure. It complements a separate note on telco sector mergers, corporate mergers & acquisitions, and on IPOs.

It is backed by a page highlighting sources of data regarding inominal prices, purchasing power, wages and inflation in different eras and markets.

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