and other donors, have undertaken to reform their telecommunications sectors, by implementing market liberalization … objective of these reforms is to significantly improve access, and affordability, to telecommunications services on the basis of … telecommunications service providers and network operators. In addition, these regulations also request the incumbent fixed operator to …

In this article, we examine the universal service obligation for telephone directories. In most countries, this … obligation consists of two parts. First, publishers must offer a comprehensive directory, including all telephone subscribers …

consumers. This paper examines the impact of the Telecommunications Act 1996 on local telephone markets. Key findings are that … the Telecommunications Act 1996 reduced local residential and business monthly telephone rates and connection charges …Through the 1980s and the early 1990s, the U. S. telecommunications industry experienced rapid technological change …