Telecom traffic and investment in developing countries
Subtitle: the effects of international settlement rate reductions
By: Scott J. Wallsten.
Contributors: World Bank. Development Research Group. Regulation and Competition Policy.
Series: Policy research working paper ;; 2401; Policy research working papers ;; 2401.
Publisher: World Bank, Development Research Group, Regulation and Competition Policy
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Washington, DC (1818 H St., NW, Washington 20433)
Language: eng
Number of pages: 25
Subjects: United States. Federal Communications Commission.; Telecommunication -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries.; Telecommunication -- Economic aspects -- United States.; Telecommunication -- Rates.
Description: In 1997 the U.S. Federal Communications Commission ordered sharp reductions in international settlement rates (bilaterally negotiated rates for telecom traffic between pairs of countries) for telecom traffic between the United States and the rest of the world. Even the very poorest countries, with the least developed telecommunications networks, must slash rates for traffic to the United States by 2003. Will this, by reducing telecom revenues in developing countries, reduce investments in those countries' telecom sectors?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 19-20).
"July 2000"--Cover.
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