Through the 1980s and the early 1990s, the U. S. telecommunications industry experienced rapid technological change …, which failed to deliver expected cost reductions to users. In 1996, Congress passed the Telecommunications Act 1996, which … substantially deregulated the telecommunications industry with the intent of increased competition and increasing benefits to …

I empirically examine the impact of the liberalization and regulatory process on the Latin American telecommunications … regulation has had on telecommunications market in Latin America …