What the Transformation of Telecom Markets Means for Regulation
The author looks at the impact of the
changes in the telecommunications industry on regulation. As
demand changes, services converge, and new players emerge,
the key issue for regulators is promoting competition. The
work of regulators is becoming increasingly complex at the
same time that convergence and the common principles
established in regional and international trade agreements
are reducing their discretion. One way for regulators to
deal with the complexity is to privatize aspects of
regulation-for example, by creating property rights to the
spectrum and by outsourcing some regulatory tasks. But the
specialized telecommunications regulatory agency is probably
a transitory entity that may eventually find itself merged
into a multisectoral antitrust agency.
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Author: |
Smith, Peter |
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| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
World Bank, Washington, DC
1997-07
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| Subjects: | REGULATIONS,
MARKETS,
DENATIONALIZATION,
INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE,
TELECOMMUNICATIONS BROADCASTING,
CABLE TELEVISION,
CABLE TV,
CELLULAR SUBSCRIBERS,
CELLULAR TELEPHONES,
CELLULAR TELEPHONY,
COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS,
COMPETITION POLICY,
FACSIMILE,
FREQUENCIES,
FTP,
INFORMATICS,
INNOVATIONS,
INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE SERVICE,
NETWORK SERVICES,
NETWORKS,
OUTSOURCING,
PRIVATE NETWORKS,
PROPERTY RIGHTS,
RADIO,
RADIO FREQUENCIES,
RADIO SPECTRUM,
REGULATORY AGENCIES,
REGULATORY REFORM,
SATELLITE BROADCASTING,
TELECOM,
TELECOMMUNICATIONS,
TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKET,
TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKETS,
TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY,
TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATION,
TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATOR,
TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATORS,
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES,
TELEPHONE,
TELEPHONE LINES,
TELEPHONE NUMBERS,
TELEPHONE SERVICE,
TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBERS,
TELEPHONES,
TELEPHONY,
TRANSMITTERS,
VIDEO,
VOICE TELEPHONY, |
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1997/07/441724/transformation-telecom-markets-means-regulation
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11581
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