American are part of this revolution, it will be a failed revolution. The aging baby boomers are expected to benefit the most as electronic equipment makers are eager to offer products that are easier on weakening eyes and ears fitting with hearing aids. They want to make phones lighter, the number buttons on them bigger and offer different cellular options to this group. The FCC will not make certain features mandatory, however, but the guidelines could help spur more choices in phone equipment in general. The Nicaraguan government is making its third attempt to privatize it telephone company, Empresa Nicaraguense de Telecomunicaciones, or Enitel, but no one is biting the bait.
Prospective buyers are skeptical of investing in a company that has been privatized twice before.
The privatization of dozens of telephone companies in Latin America are also making it difficult to sell Enitel. After two and a half years of attempting to make the company successful, the most recent attempt by Raul Barrios, a U.S. schooled businessman and electrical engineers, has failed. Motorola Inc. Barrios is attempting to restructure the Enitel privatization. Officials say the government might agree to assume some of Enitel's debt. Meanwhile, the FCC is watching the cases closely to see if it might intervene on behalf of competition.