A dynamic universal service for a heterogenous European Union
The structure of the European Union is characterized by some member states that show considerable deficits in infrastructure development. On the other side, there are countries that have reached a level of network and service quality that allows them to compete in the international race for predominance in the Information Society. Universal service provisions of the EU do not take account of this fact but treat all member states under one common set of rules. Furthermore, the universal service concept of the EU is too static for the technological dynamics of the telecommunications and information markets. The universal service concept introduced in this article tries to give suggestions on how these shortcomings could be overcome.
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1998
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Authors: | Hart, Thomas |
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Telecommunications Policy. - Elsevier, ISSN 0308-5961. - Vol. 22.1998, 10, p. 839-852
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Elsevier |
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