Since 1997, the U.S. government has attempted to use the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreement on telecommunications … services as a vehicle for exporting American principles of telecommunications regulation to other nations. The United States … took the position in 1997 that the WTO telecommunications agreement requires its signatory nations to follow the practices …

Negotiations are of increasing importance in highly regulated sectors, particularly in network industries such as … telecommunications and transport. Negotiating partners in these markets are often not equal with regard to their various sources and … instruments of power. This analysis shows that negotiations are possible and can be efficient for all actors, even when power is …

By any measure, the communication sector is important. It is no surprise, then, that the communication sector has … that deliver communication services make this area of particular interest. We analyse the implications of networks' cost … their services; and the social obligations attached to them. Despite the attention that the communication sector has …

innovation in telecommunications services. In this paper, regulatory models in South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe are …