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Public Utilities Reports
PUR Guide 2012 Fully Updated Version
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This comprehensive self-study certification course is designed to teach the novice or pro everything they need to understand and succeed in every phase of the public utilities business.
The New Telecommunications Industry
Catalog:
The most comprehensive, updated reference available in the bold, new world of telecommunications in ONE, time saving source that you'll refer to over and over again. With practical and useful information, this invaluable guide to the history, organization, financing, and technology of this complicated industry is a MUST for the telecom veterans and newcomers alike.
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PART 1: The Telecommunications Industry in One Easy Lesson
Chapter 1: The Telecommunications Industry
PART 2: Operating the System
Chapter 2: Introduction
Chapter 3: The Telephone Network
Chapter 4: Sound Waves and Transmission
Chapter 5: The Switch
Chapter 6: Signaling Systems
Chapter 7: Alternative Technologies
Chapter 8: Summary
PART 3: Organization, Development and the Rise of Competition
Chapter 9: Prehistory
Chapter 10: Alexander Graham Bell
Chapter 11: Vail and Forbes
Chapter 12: The Interregnum: Conservatism and Competition
Chapter 13: Vail Returns
Chapter 14: The Heirs Consolidate
Chapter 15: Expansion, Consolidation and Incipient Competition
Chapter 16: The Road to Divestiture
Chapter 17: The World After Divestiture
Chapter 18: The Rise of Alternatives: Wireless, Cable and Competitive Local Exchange Carriers
Chapter 19: Congress Changes the Rules: 1996 and Beyond
Chapter 20: Summary
PART 4: Regulatory Foundations and the Rise of Competition
Chapter 21: The Development of Public Utility Regulation
Chapter 22: What is a Public Utility?
Chapter 23: The Purposes and Drawbacks of Regulation
Chapter 24: Setting the Rate of Return
Chapter 25: Alternative Regulatory Methods
Chapter 26: The Rate Structure, Pricing and Regulatory Economics
Chapter 27: Summary
PART 5: Finance: Basics, Analysis and Results
Chapter 28: The Basics
Chapter 29: The Statement of Income
Chapter 30: Changes in Stockholders' Equity
Chapter 31: The Balance Sheet
Chapter 32: The Statement of Cash Flows
Chapter 33: Convertible Securities
Chapter 34: Other Accounting Issues
Chapter 35: Financial Analysis
Chapter 36: Market Ratios
Chapter 37: The Financial Results on the Books and in the Market Place
Chapter 38: Summary
PART 6: The International Market Place
Chapter 39: International in Context
Chapter 40: Market Size, Growth and Saturation
Chapter 41: International Issues
Chapter 42: Summary
APPENDICES
A: The Internet
B: Telecommunications Chronology
C: Bibliography
D: Historical Statistics
INDICES
Subject Index
Figure Index
Table Index