**Table 5 Continued. Mapping:** **_Fixed-line Services_**

|**Australian categories**|**Weight**|**Score**<br>**Weighted**<br>**score**|**The World Bank data**|**Weight**|**Score**|**Weighted**<br>**score**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Direct Investment: equity**<br>**participation permitted**|**0.2**||**Direct Investment: equity participation permitted**|**0.2**|||
|The score is inversely proportional to<br>the maximum equity participation<br>permitted in an existing domestic<br>company|0.2|**1-s**|The score is inversely proportional to the maximum foreign equity participation permitted in a<br>professional firm. If s = maximum foreign equity participation permitted in a professional firm|0.2|1-s||
|**Direct investment: restrictions on**<br>**certain types of services**|**0.1**||**Direct investment: restrictions on certain types of services**|**0.1**|||
|Restrictions on providing some types<br>of telephone services.|0.1|1*|VOIP operation is not allowed.|0.1|0.5||
|* Score above is the sum of the two line|s of the Wo|rld Bank scoring|Operators are not permitted to own and operate international gateway|0.1|0.5||
|No restriction on providing any type<br>of telephone services.|0.1|0|||||
|**Joint venture arrangements**|**0.1**||**Joint venture arrangements**|**0.1**|||
|Issues no new license and no entry is<br>allowed through a joint venture with<br>a domestic company.|0.1|1|No entry is allowed through a joint venture with a domestic fixed-line operator|**0.1**|**1**||
|Foreign company can enter only<br>through a joint venture with a<br>domestic company.|0.1|0.5|There are specific requirements for foreign firms to enter the local market through a joint venture ( none<br>of the following forms of establishment is allowed: (a) Green field branch, (b) Greenfield Subsidiary,<br>(c) Acquisition (d) there is a maximum foreign equity permitted which imposes a de facto joint venture<br>requirement).|**0.1**|**0.5**||
|No requirement for foreign<br>companies to enter through a joint<br>venture with a domestic company.|0.1|0|No restriction|**0.1**|**0**||
|**Permanent movement of people**|**0.02**||**Permanent movement of people ( we used information on permanent movement of people for**<br>**accounting services)**|**_0.02_**|||
|No entry of executives, senior<br>managers and/or specialists.|**0.02**|**1**|Intra Cooperate transfer (ICT) is not allowed|0.02|1||
|Executives, specialists and/or senior<br>managers can stay up to 1 year.|**0.02**|**0.8**|Intra Cooperate transfer (ICT) is allowed up to 1 year|0.02|0.8||
|Executives, specialists and/or senior<br>managers can stay up to 2 years.|**0.02**|**0.6**|Intra Cooperate transfer (ICT) is allowed up to 2 years|0.02|0.6||
|Executives, specialists and/or senior<br>managers can stay up to 3 years.|**0.02**|**0.4**|Intra Cooperate transfer (ICT) is allowed up to 3 years|0.02|0.4||
|Executives, specialists and/or senior<br>managers can stay up to 4 years.|**0.02**|**0.2**|Intra Cooperate transfer (ICT) is allowed up to 4 years|0.02|0.2||
|Executives, specialists and/or senior<br>managers can stay a period of 5<br>years or more.|**0.02**|**0**|Intra Cooperate transfer (ICT) is allowed over 4 years|0.02|0||
|**Other Restrictions**|||**Other Restrictions**||||
|**Third party resale of lease line**|**0.1**||**Acquisition domestic private entity -max. ownership allowed by a group of entities**|**0.1**|||
|Resale is not permitted.|**0.1**|**1**|The score is inversely proportional to the maximum foreign equity participation permitted allowed by a<br>group of entities in acquisition. If d = maximum foreign equity participation permitted allowed by a<br>group of entities in acquisition|**0.1**|**1-d**||
|Resale is permitted in any market.|**0.1**|**0**|||||
|**End user tariff**|**0.05**||**Proxy: Other forms of discrimination**||||
|End user tariff is determined by rate<br>of return regulation.|**0.05**|**1**|Restriction on repatriation of earning|**0.05**|**0.33**||
|End user tariff is determined by price<br>cap rule established by the authority.|**0.05**|**0.5**|Difference in licencing criteria for foreign and domestic applicants|**0.05**|**0.33**||
|End user tariff is determined by<br>market force (no regulation).|**0.05**|**0**|Other forms of discrimination|**0.05**|**0.33**||

*Score for this category is the sum of column G from the World Bank components

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