Liberalizing Telecommunications and the Role of the World Trade Organization

In February 1997, sixty-nine governments of high-income and developing countries agreed to liberalize their basic telecommunications services under an agreement negotiated through the World Trade Organization. Most participants in the agreement hav...

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Main Author:	Primo Braga, Carlos A.
Format:	Viewpoint
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING AGRICULTURE CARTEL CELLULAR TELEPHONY COMMERCIAL PRESENCE COMMUNICATION SERVICES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE PRACTICES COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMERS CONSUMPTION ABROAD CROSS-BORDER SUPPLY DATA TRANSMISSION DIRECT INVESTMENT FINANCIAL SERVICES FOREIGN PROVIDERS GATS INFORMATICS INNOVATIONS INTERNATIONAL TRADE MARKET ACCESS MARKET ACCESS COMMITMENTS MFN MFN EXEMPTIONS MODES OF SUPPLY MONOPOLIES MOVEMENT OF NATURAL PERSONS MULTILATERAL DISCIPLINES MULTILATERAL TRADE NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY NATIONAL TREATMENT NATURAL PERSONS NETWORKS PRIVATE SECTOR PROVISION OF SERVICES QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS RADIO REGULATORY AUTHORITIES REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY PRINCIPLES REGULATORY REGIMES SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES LIBERALIZATION SERVICES TRADE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE TELECOMMUNICATIONS REVENUES TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TELEDENSITY TELEPHONE LINES TELEPHONY TRADE IN SERVICES TRADE NEGOTIATIONS UNIVERSAL SERVICE UNIVERSAL SERVICE OBLIGATIONS URUGUAY ROUND VALUE ADDED VALUE ADDED SERVICES VOICE TELEPHONY WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS CONSUMER PRICES PRIVATE INVESTMENTS DEREGULATION GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP MARKET COMPETITION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1997/07/441663/liberalizing-telecommunications-role-world-trade-organization http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11578

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