International telecommunication carriers negotiate operating agreements for routing traffic and dividing toll revenues. They also establish an accounting rate to compensate each other for accepting calls and delivering them to the intended recipient. Accounting rates have failed to drop...

Broadband network development does not always track closely a nations overall wealth and economic strength. The International Telecommunication Union reported that in 2005 the five top nations for broadband network market penetration were: Korea, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Denmark and Canada....

Digital markets worldwide are in rapid flux. The Internet and World Wide Web have traditionally evolved in a largely deregulated environment, but recently governments have shown great interest in this rapidly developing sector and are imposing regulations for a variety of reasons that are...

Intelsat satisfies the international satellite requirements of most nations, but since 1984 the US government has endorsed qualified market entry by international satellite systems separate from the intelsat global cooperative. This policy initially met with substantial opposition, but intelsat...

Regulatory, technological and economic changes are now challenging the logic of maintaining a preference for organizations, such as Intelsat and Inmarsat, created by intergovernmental agreement, granted privileges and immunities and partially insulated from competition. Intelsat and Inmarsat...

Throughout their short, but volatile lives, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have avoided having to satisfy traditional telecommunications regulatory requirements. ISPs do not operate as common carriers and do not have to pay access charges and make contributions to universal service funding....

While wireless technologies optimally support mobile applications, recent innovations make the technology more versatile and suitable for both mobile and fixed services. Failure to change assumptions about wireless technology can blunt its commercial promise and ability to help achieve...

Heightened attention to international accounting rates at the ITU and the WTO has led some observers to conclude that carriers soon will impose cost-based termination charges. This article concludes that while accounting rates have declined on some routes, many incumbent carriers can and will...