Extending Telecommunications beyond the Market : Toward Universal Service in Competitive Environments

Competitive markets go a long way toward making telecommunications services available throughout the population. But governments often seek to extend access to services beyond what the private sector will provide on its own. To widen access, govern...

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Main Author:	Wellenius, Bjorn
Format:	Viewpoint
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCOUNTING APPROPRIATIONS BIDDING BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES BUSINESS STRATEGY CITIES COMMUNAL FACILITIES COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT COMPETITIVE MARKETS DEBT DOI ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ELECTRICITY ELECTRONIC COMMERCE ELECTRONIC MAIL HUMAN RESOURCE INCOME INCOME SUPPORT INFORMATION PROCESSING INFORMATION SERVICES ISDN LEVIES LICENSES LOCAL BUSINESS MARKET TEST NETWORK DEVELOPMENT NETWORK EXTERNALITIES NETWORKS PARLIAMENT PHONE PROJECTS PHONE SHOPS PHONES PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRAMS PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC SECTOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION ROADS RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SAL SOCIAL WELFARE TAX TAXATION TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION TELECENTERS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS INVESTMENTS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LAW TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TELEPHONE LINES TELEPHONE SERVICE TELEPHONE SHOPS TELEPHONES TELEVISION TEXT TRANSPARENCY TREASURY UNIVERSAL ACCESS UNIVERSAL SERVICE UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUNDS UNIVERSAL SERVICE OBJECTIVES UNIVERSAL SERVICE OBLIGATIONS WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE DELIVERY COMPETITIVENESS ACCESSIBLE SERVICES USER PARTICIPATION EMERGING ECONOMIES BARRIERS TO ENTRY COST-EFFECTIVENESS PRICING INTERCONNECTION AFFORDABILITY SERVICE QUALITY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/03/729344/extending-telecommunications-beyond-market-toward-universal-service-competitive-environments http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11439

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spelling	okr-10986-114392021-06-14T11:01:53Z Extending Telecommunications beyond the Market : Toward Universal Service in Competitive Environments Wellenius, Bjorn ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCOUNTING APPROPRIATIONS BIDDING BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES BUSINESS STRATEGY CITIES COMMUNAL FACILITIES COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT COMPETITIVE MARKETS DEBT DOI ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ELECTRICITY ELECTRONIC COMMERCE ELECTRONIC MAIL HUMAN RESOURCE INCOME INCOME SUPPORT INFORMATION PROCESSING INFORMATION SERVICES ISDN LEVIES LICENSES LOCAL BUSINESS MARKET TEST NETWORK DEVELOPMENT NETWORK EXTERNALITIES NETWORKS PARLIAMENT PHONE PROJECTS PHONE SHOPS PHONES PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRAMS PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC SECTOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION ROADS RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SAL SOCIAL WELFARE TAX TAXATION TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION TELECENTERS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS INVESTMENTS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LAW TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TELEPHONE LINES TELEPHONE SERVICE TELEPHONE SHOPS TELEPHONES TELEVISION TEXT TRANSPARENCY TREASURY UNIVERSAL ACCESS UNIVERSAL SERVICE UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUNDS UNIVERSAL SERVICE OBJECTIVES UNIVERSAL SERVICE OBLIGATIONS WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE DELIVERY COMPETITIVENESS ACCESSIBLE SERVICES USER PARTICIPATION EMERGING ECONOMIES BARRIERS TO ENTRY COST-EFFECTIVENESS PRICING INTERCONNECTION AFFORDABILITY SERVICE QUALITY Competitive markets go a long way toward making telecommunications services available throughout the population. But governments often seek to extend access to services beyond what the private sector will provide on its own. To widen access, governments must remove obstacles that prevent the market from working well, and must let users decide what they need and can afford. Market mechanisms must be allowed to determine who will extend service beyond the market, how much will be invested, and where. As governments adopt such measures, they must make some critical decisions: Which services to extend? To what population groups? At what cost? Who should provide the additional service? Who should pay? The answers vary widely among countries and over time. This Note outlines options and best practices, emphasizing those relevant to emerging economies. 2012-08-13T15:04:25Z 2012-08-13T15:04:25Z 2000-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/03/729344/extending-telecommunications-beyond-market-toward-universal-service-competitive-environments Viewpoint. -- Note no.206 (March 2000) http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11439 English Viewpoint CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Viewpoint Publications & Research
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topic	ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCOUNTING APPROPRIATIONS BIDDING BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES BUSINESS STRATEGY CITIES COMMUNAL FACILITIES COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT COMPETITIVE MARKETS DEBT DOI ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ELECTRICITY ELECTRONIC COMMERCE ELECTRONIC MAIL HUMAN RESOURCE INCOME INCOME SUPPORT INFORMATION PROCESSING INFORMATION SERVICES ISDN LEVIES LICENSES LOCAL BUSINESS MARKET TEST NETWORK DEVELOPMENT NETWORK EXTERNALITIES NETWORKS PARLIAMENT PHONE PROJECTS PHONE SHOPS PHONES PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRAMS PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC SECTOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION ROADS RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SAL SOCIAL WELFARE TAX TAXATION TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION TELECENTERS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS INVESTMENTS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LAW TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TELEPHONE LINES TELEPHONE SERVICE TELEPHONE SHOPS TELEPHONES TELEVISION TEXT TRANSPARENCY TREASURY UNIVERSAL ACCESS UNIVERSAL SERVICE UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUNDS UNIVERSAL SERVICE OBJECTIVES UNIVERSAL SERVICE OBLIGATIONS WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE DELIVERY COMPETITIVENESS ACCESSIBLE SERVICES USER PARTICIPATION EMERGING ECONOMIES BARRIERS TO ENTRY COST-EFFECTIVENESS PRICING INTERCONNECTION AFFORDABILITY SERVICE QUALITY
spellingShingle	ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCOUNTING APPROPRIATIONS BIDDING BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES BUSINESS STRATEGY CITIES COMMUNAL FACILITIES COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT COMPETITIVE MARKETS DEBT DOI ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ELECTRICITY ELECTRONIC COMMERCE ELECTRONIC MAIL HUMAN RESOURCE INCOME INCOME SUPPORT INFORMATION PROCESSING INFORMATION SERVICES ISDN LEVIES LICENSES LOCAL BUSINESS MARKET TEST NETWORK DEVELOPMENT NETWORK EXTERNALITIES NETWORKS PARLIAMENT PHONE PROJECTS PHONE SHOPS PHONES PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRAMS PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC SECTOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION ROADS RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SAL SOCIAL WELFARE TAX TAXATION TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION TELECENTERS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS INVESTMENTS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LAW TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TELEPHONE LINES TELEPHONE SERVICE TELEPHONE SHOPS TELEPHONES TELEVISION TEXT TRANSPARENCY TREASURY UNIVERSAL ACCESS UNIVERSAL SERVICE UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUNDS UNIVERSAL SERVICE OBJECTIVES UNIVERSAL SERVICE OBLIGATIONS WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE DELIVERY COMPETITIVENESS ACCESSIBLE SERVICES USER PARTICIPATION EMERGING ECONOMIES BARRIERS TO ENTRY COST-EFFECTIVENESS PRICING INTERCONNECTION AFFORDABILITY SERVICE QUALITY Wellenius, Bjorn Extending Telecommunications beyond the Market : Toward Universal Service in Competitive Environments
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description	Competitive markets go a long way toward making telecommunications services available throughout the population. But governments often seek to extend access to services beyond what the private sector will provide on its own. To widen access, governments must remove obstacles that prevent the market from working well, and must let users decide what they need and can afford. Market mechanisms must be allowed to determine who will extend service beyond the market, how much will be invested, and where. As governments adopt such measures, they must make some critical decisions: Which services to extend? To what population groups? At what cost? Who should provide the additional service? Who should pay? The answers vary widely among countries and over time. This Note outlines options and best practices, emphasizing those relevant to emerging economies.
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author	Wellenius, Bjorn
author_facet	Wellenius, Bjorn
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title	Extending Telecommunications beyond the Market : Toward Universal Service in Competitive Environments
title_short	Extending Telecommunications beyond the Market : Toward Universal Service in Competitive Environments
title_full	Extending Telecommunications beyond the Market : Toward Universal Service in Competitive Environments
title_fullStr	Extending Telecommunications beyond the Market : Toward Universal Service in Competitive Environments
title_full_unstemmed	Extending Telecommunications beyond the Market : Toward Universal Service in Competitive Environments
title_sort	extending telecommunications beyond the market : toward universal service in competitive environments
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/03/729344/extending-telecommunications-beyond-market-toward-universal-service-competitive-environments http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11439
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