Telecommunications Technologies: Deployment in Developing Countries

Gasmi, Farid and Recuero Virto, Laura (2005): Telecommunications Technologies: Deployment in Developing Countries. Published in: International Journal of Digital Economics No. 58 (June 2005): pp. 19-41.

Abstract

This paper examines some policies pursued in developing countries for the provision of telecommunications services in rural areas. These policies significantly differ from those typically implemented in developed countries in their fundamental objectives, the technological strategies deployed and the market and institutional environments they rest on. A review of some representative experiences suggests that thinking about public utility reforms in this part of the world is quite a challenging exercise. We point out some economic and institutional characteristics of these countries that we believe normative analysis of the reforms should explicitly take into account

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Institution: Communications & Strategies
• Language: English
• Keywords: Telecommunications; Developing Countries; Universal Access
• Subjects: D - Microeconomics > D4 - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design > D43 - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection; L - Industrial Organization > L5 - Regulation and Industrial Policy > L51 - Economics of Regulation; L - Industrial Organization > L4 - Antitrust Issues and Policies > L41 - Monopolization ; Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices; L - Industrial Organization > L9 - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities > L96 - Telecommunications