The contributions acknowledge the growing importance of the Competition Policy theme in negotiations on hemispheric trade and integration. Recommendations converge on improving the inventories of legislations and applications in concrete cases, education and publicizing information on competition policy, technical cooperation among institutions, combating anti-competition and monopolistic practices, and in favor of application within the countries being entrusted to specialized, independent agencies. The consensus is that the FTAA offers an opportunity for the development of a common culture in favor of competition on the government and company level. The countries involved should come to an agreement about the basic principles related to regulatory policies.
Competition can lead to increased availability of telecommunications services at reasonable prices.
In this sense, governments should be encouraged to establish a regulatory framework that takes into consideration and assesses national needs within the context of creating competitive National Telecommunications Systems.