Our assumption is that a reasonable basis for comparison is the cost of an in-country mobile telphone call plus the cost of an international call from an ordinary fixed telephone. More about the survey . After some initial data gathering in 2000 it was decided to abandon this survey. It was felt that the regulatory bodies and commercial surveys were adequately covering the field. The survey compares the price of an international half-circuit with a domestic leased line of comparable distance.
Difference identified are in terms of ratios of costs within a country.
More about the survey . This is a series of surveys of telecommunications regulations and policies in major Asian-Pacific economies. The reports are constantly being updated and are distributed to buyers by electronic mail. The reports use the same format for each country so that readers can easily compare one country with another. More about the surveys .