Internet access depends on four critical players: First, providers of telecommunications infrastructure (bandwidth capacity) for international access to the global Internet backbone. Second, providers of national long-distance telecommunications transmission capacity (such as leased lines) to...

Like telecommunications reformers elsewhere, Arab countries have set up independent regulatory authorities to make objective, consistent, and non-arbitrary regulatory decisions. This is a major step forward and is already delivering positive results for consumers in the form of new and better...

Ongoing privatization and financial liberalization in emerging economies have let to continuous growth in the number of depository receipt offerings from these countries. Asian and Latin American companies have been the biggest source of offerings. The main advantages of depository receipts stem...