It's a new age in the telecommunications industry.
Within a decade, several forces have combined to completely change the old rules,
sparking incredible competition in a market that is expected to reach over $200
billion by the year 2000.
Deregulation in the United States and elsewhere has spawned turf wars as long distance
and local carriers go after each others' markets. With the rise of the Internet,
these carriers also face competition from Internet service providers (ISPs), as
the public switched telephone network (PSTN) becomes more and more integrated with
the Internet.