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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spelling	okr-10986-115782021-06-14T11:04:26Z Liberalizing Telecommunications and the Role of the World Trade Organization Primo Braga, Carlos A. 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 MONOPOLIES MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS CONSUMER PRICES PRIVATE INVESTMENTS DEREGULATION GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP MARKET COMPETITION TELECOMMUNICATIONS 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 have subscribed to procompetitive regulatory principles, including independent regulators, competitive safeguards, measures to ensure interconnection, universal service obligations, and transparent and nondiscriminatory practices in licensing. The markets affected by the arrangement represent more than 90 percent of the world market for telecommunications. The author reviews the evolution of the agreement and argues that the critical issues now are ensuring the quality of implementation and setting up a procompetitive regulatory environment. 2012-08-13T15:26:45Z 2012-08-13T15:26:45Z 1997-07 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1997/07/441663/liberalizing-telecommunications-role-world-trade-organization Viewpoint. -- Note no. 120 (July 1997) http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11578 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	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 MONOPOLIES MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS CONSUMER PRICES PRIVATE INVESTMENTS DEREGULATION GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP MARKET COMPETITION TELECOMMUNICATIONS WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
spellingShingle	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 MONOPOLIES MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS CONSUMER PRICES PRIVATE INVESTMENTS DEREGULATION GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP MARKET COMPETITION TELECOMMUNICATIONS WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION Primo Braga, Carlos A. Liberalizing Telecommunications and the Role of the World Trade Organization
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description	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 have subscribed to procompetitive regulatory principles, including independent regulators, competitive safeguards, measures to ensure interconnection, universal service obligations, and transparent and nondiscriminatory practices in licensing. The markets affected by the arrangement represent more than 90 percent of the world market for telecommunications. The author reviews the evolution of the agreement and argues that the critical issues now are ensuring the quality of implementation and setting up a procompetitive regulatory environment.
format	Publications & Research :: Viewpoint
author	Primo Braga, Carlos A.
author_facet	Primo Braga, Carlos A.
author_sort	Primo Braga, Carlos A.
title	Liberalizing Telecommunications and the Role of the World Trade Organization
title_short	Liberalizing Telecommunications and the Role of the World Trade Organization
title_full	Liberalizing Telecommunications and the Role of the World Trade Organization
title_fullStr	Liberalizing Telecommunications and the Role of the World Trade Organization
title_full_unstemmed	Liberalizing Telecommunications and the Role of the World Trade Organization
title_sort	liberalizing telecommunications and the role of the world trade organization
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	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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Liberalizing Telecommunications and the Role of the World Trade Organization

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