staff research study 24 office of industries us international trade commission telecommunications equipment performance in selected major markets principal authors robert carr john davitt christopher johnson scott ki kitzmiller danielle kriz and jennifer rorke publication 3150 december 1998 the views expressed this are those they not necessarily as a whole or any individual commissioner vern simpson director project leader electronic technology branch miscellaneous manufactures under direction sylvia mcdonough chief norman mclennan electronics transportation division support wanda tolson monica reed address all communications to secretary united states washington dc 20436 i contents page executive summary v chapter 1 introduction purpose data scope 3 organization 4 2 industry structure 6 market 11