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1999 Trends in Telecommunication Reform 1999

Convergence and Regulation

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The second edition of Trends in Telecommunication Reform focuses on the regulation of multimedia services. The report examines eight themes Institutional Framework, Ownership, Liberalization, Licensing, Universal access, Interconnection, Price regulation and Numbering. Each chapter addresses overall reforms on that subject and looks, in particular, at Internet and other convergence-related issues.

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Universal access

Universal access policy has become an important aspect of communications regulation. It is, perhaps, one of the few areas where sector-specific regulation may be required indefinitely, even when competition has spread across market boundaries. This is because it aims to meet needs for basic telecommunications which are thought impossible to be met by purely commercial means.

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