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In February 1997 WTO members signed the Fourth protocol, which, for the first time, determined a set of international rules for trade in basic telecommunication services. While this agreement was a major step in the direction of liberalising national telecommunication markets, many deficiencies...
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To give the exchange of goods and services between the European Union (EU) and the United States (U.S.) new momentum the two parties are currently negotiating the transatlantic free trade agreement Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). The aim is to create the largest free trade...
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Infrastructure industries-including telecommunications, electricity, water, and gas-underwent massive structural changes in the 1990s. During that decade, hundreds of privatization transactions valued at billions of dollars were completed in these sectors in developing and transition economies....
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&T) in 1911 and 1913. These data sources provide an opportunity to test the effects of competition and regulation on …
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Infrastructure industries - including telecommunications, electricity, water, and gas - underwent massive structural changes in the 1990s. During that decade, hundreds of privatization transactions valued at billions of dollars were completed in these sectors in developing and transition...
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The Federal Communications Commission has requested comments on the regulation of voice telephone services delivered …
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reform accompany privatization, as privatization without regulation reform may be costly to consumers. Wallsten explores the … effects of privatization, competition, and regulation on telecommunications performance in 30 African and Latin American … negatively correlated with mainline penetration and connection capacity. Privatization combined with regulation by an independent …
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In 1996 Ghana privatized its incumbent telecommunications firm by selling 30 percent of Ghana Telecom to Telekom Malaysia, licensing a second network operator, and allowing multiple mobile firms to enter the market. The reforms yielded mixed results. Landline telephone penetration increased...
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