oh east is and west never the twain shall meet except in telecommunications a comparison of main policies regulatory issues liberalisation restructuring industries an eu asian country sonya liew ll b hons m distinction university strathclyde dr janina heisz hanover differences & german social statistics economy population 82 5 million 75 2 citizens 7 3 residents with foreign citizenship export oriented value 661 613 euro strong international economic position third rank terms total ouput favorable inflation rate 0 6 stable society currently lowest growth within 2002 2003 decrease gnp 1 unemployment at 11 june 2004 malaysian telecommunicationsgeneral 54 35 bn fixed line telephone channels 27 8 analogue 43 isdn basic accesses 123 300 primary 4 dsl via copper 107 000 public phones 64 mobile users umts four network operators first services since february resp
