The telecommunications industry is one of the most influential and significant global industries. As well as being fundamentally important to the health of the modern economy, it is going through a period of unprecedented change, facing a range of strategic challenges from globalization and cross-border alliances, to changing technologies and consu

Peter Curwen is Visiting Professor of Telecommunications, Strathclyde Business School. Formerly Professor of International Business at Sheffield Business School. He has authored over a dozen textbooks and monographs including Restructuring Telecommunications, and The Future of Mobile Telecommunications both published by Palgrave, as well as over 100 other publications. Jason Whalley is Lecturer in Management Science at Strathclyde Business School and acting director of the Masters of Communications Management course and author of articles on telecommunications in journals including Telecommunications Policy.