Options to Increase Access to Telecommunications Services in Rural and Low-Income Areas (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780821381403)

Telecommunications sector policy-makers and regulators have a wide range of instruments available to them that can be used to increase access to telecommunications services in rural and low-income areas. The paper provides a review of these instruments, evaluating them against a set of criteria. It then goes on to identify a number of them that are worthy of further consideration by policy-makers and regulators while demonstrating that the effectiveness of the identified instruments can be greatly enhanced by the establishment of a conducive legal, regulatory and institutional framework. The paper concludes by confirming that while no single instrument taken in isolation can provide a full solution to universal access, a mix of the measures identified can be devised to achieve specific policy objectives in a particular country environment.

Author: Arturo Muente-Kunigami,Juan Navas-Sabater
ISBN-10: 0821381407
ISBN-13: 9780821381403
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Language: English
Published: 11/06/2009
Pages: 72
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 9.70h x 6.80w x 0.20d