“…Unlike the Internet, where there is now very little governmental involvement (Angelides, 1997), the successful development of a national information superhighway is critically dependent on the levels of involvement of public institutions in their roles as consultants, regulators and users in each of the above areas, and how this is perceived and reacted to by the private sector (Department of Trade andIndustry, 1991, 1994;Housel and Davidson, 1991;Crandall, 1992;Noam, 1992; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 1992;Clinton and Gore, 1993;CatsBaril and Jelassi, 1994;Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency, 1994; Commission of the European Communities, 1994;Frazier, 1994;Grif th, 1994;Harvard Law Review, 1994;Kettinger, 1994;Lewyn, 1994; Of ce of Telecommunications, 1994Telecommunications, , 1995Telecommunications Council, 1994;Blackman and Preston, 1995;Gershon and Kanayama, 1995;Ghertman and Quélin, 1995;Gore, 1995;Harper, 1995;Hatta and Takeuchi, 1995;Heldman, 1995;Information Highway Advisory Council, 1995;Schement, 1995;Schoechle, 1995;Schoof and Brown, 1995;Stiles, 1995;Van Cuilenburg and Slaa, 1995;Ward, 1995;Carlson, 1996;Miller, 1996;Omura, 1997;Nihoul, 1998). The intensity of involvement of each institution within these t...…”