A Review of Market Openness and Trade in Telecommunications |
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accounting rates allocation auctions basic telecommunication services cable television class licensing context cost Czech Republic delays in implementing dial-up differences E-mail effective electronic commerce ensure entrants European Union European Union Member example existing foreign company former monopoly carrier Fourth Protocol governments implications important impose incumbent individual licensing infrastructure and services international PSTN infrastructure International Telecommunications international voice telephony Internet Service Providers ISPs issues liberalisation local loop long distance major supplier market opening markets to competition national and international non-discriminatory number of countries Number of licences OECD countries OECD WORKING PAPERS OFTEL opened their markets ownership restrictions privatisation public switched regulatory body regulatory frameworks Regulatory institutions result revenue safeguards sector specific regulation service suppliers significant market power spectrum subscription technologies telecommunication markets telephony services provided Trade in Services traffic treatment United Kingdom universal service value added service voice telephony services WTO agreement WTO Reference Paper