Last year, privatized incumbents overtook the number of state-controlled carriers.
Regulators now are most concerned with implementation issues.
Interconnection Regulation, published last month. The report surveys the changes in incumbent ownership structures, the growth of competition and transformations of regulatory bodies. The report also shows that many of the world's regulators have begun to work together to share information as competition starts to take hold. There are now a number of regional regulatory organizations, and this is a very interesting development. Schorr explained that the international organization's reports have typically documented general industry trends and the advent of competition.