Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The First Information Revolution -- 3. Technological Origins of the Second Information Revolution, 1940-1950 -- 4. The SAGE Project -- I. The Separate Worlds of Computers and Communications -- 5. The Early Semiconductor Industry -- 6. The Early Commercial Computer Industry -- 7. The Regulated Monopoly Telephone Industry -- II. Boundary Disputes and Limited Competition, 1969-1984 -- 8. Data Communications -- 9. From Mainframes to Microprocessors -- 10. The Computer-Communications Boundary -- 11. Fringe Competition in Long Distance Telephone Service -- 12. Divestiture and Access Charges -- III. Interconnected Competition and Integrated Services, 1985-2002 -- 13. Mobile Telephones and Spectrum Reform -- 14. Local Competition and the Telecommunications Act of 1996 -- 15. The Internet and the World Wide Web -- 16. Conclusion -- References -- Index.