Competition in International Voice Communications

Bjorn Wellenius, Carlo Maria Rossotto, Anat Lewin and Carlos R. Gomez

No 14855 in World Bank Publications - Books from The World Bank Group

Abstract: This paper presents the case that opening international voice communication to competition is key to reform the telecommunications sector, is sustainable in developing countries, and results in major gains to consumers, businesses, and to the economy. Over the last 20 years full competition became a dominant attribute in virtually all high-income countries and in selected developing countries. Three forces were behind competition: globalization, technological change, and the emergence of international telecommunications as an enabler for integration and trade.

Keywords: Economic; Theory; and; Research; Environmental; Economics; and; Policies; Macroeconomics; and; Economic; Growth-Markets; and; Market; Access; Information; and; Communication; Technologies-ICT; Policy; and; Strategies; International; Economics; and; Trade-Access; to; Markets (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
ISBN: 0-8213-5951-1
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