Direction of Traffic: International telephone traffic

Direction of Traffic presents a picture of bilateral telecommunication traffic flows. As such it represents an attempt to map the evolution of the global information economy. Hopefully, the data presented in the report will stimulate a more thorough review of traffic flows in order to measure the effects of technological change, competition, tariff changes and policy shifts, as well as the relation between telecommunication traffic and social and economic development. Cover drawing by Fei Lap Liu of Hongkong who was 9 years old at the time it was made.