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Options to increase access to telecommunications services in rural and low-income areas

Navas-Sabater, Juan, Muente-Kunigami, Arturo

2010,2009

Overview

Recent evidence suggests that increasing overall service coverage and promoting access to telecommunications services have a high economic benefit. Overall, it is estimated that a ten percent increase in mobile telephony penetration could increase economic growth by 0.81 percent in developing countries, whereas a ten percent increase in broadband penetration could increase economic growth by 1.4 percent. In rural and low-income areas in particular, not only do basic telephony services and broadband access allow population to connect with relatives and friends, but they have also introduced a dramatic increase in productivity and in many cases have become the only way for small and medium enterprises in rural areas to access national and, in some cases, global markets. Moreover, the impact of access to telecommunications in rural areas on health, education, disaster management, and local governments has allowed better and more rapid responses, improved coordination, and more effective public management. It is therefore worthwhile to take a second look at all possible policy options, both conventional mechanisms (some of which underutilized) as well as new approaches, to determine whether some of them may be relevant for the emerging agenda of universal broadband access. This paper will first address the necessary conditions required to adopt a more ambitious universal access policy in developing countries. After that, a brief account of the main relevant trends in the industry will be made, followed by a description of twelve different mechanisms for project implementation and six different mechanisms for funding of universal access strategies. Then, an evaluation of the mechanisms will be carried out to identify the most suitable ones. Finally, some recommendations to policy makers on implementation of the preferred mechanisms are also drawn from the analysis.

• Publisher: World Bank,World Bank Publications,The World Bank
• Subject: ACCESS CHARGES / ACCESS TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS / AFFORDABLE ACCESS / ALTERNATIVE ENERGY / AUCTION / AUCTIONS / AUDITS / BACKBONE / BACKBONE NETWORKS / BALANCE SHEET / BALANCE SHEETS / BARRIER / BARRIER TO ENTRY / BARRIERS TO ENTRY / BASIC / BROADBAND / BROADBAND CONNECTIONS / BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY / BROADBAND NETWORK / BUSINESS CASE / BUSINESS MODEL / BUSINESS MODELS / CALL CENTER / CAPABILITIES / CAPACITY BUILDING / CAPITAL CITIES / CAPITAL EXPENDITURE / CAPITAL EXPENDITURES / CASH FLOW / CELL PHONE / CITIES / COLLABORATION / COLLATERAL / COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES / COMMUNITIES / COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT / COMPETITIVE MARKETS / COMPETITIVE PRODUCTS / COMPETITIVENESS / COMPONENTS / COMPUTERIZATION / CONTENT CREATION / CONTENT DEVELOPMENT / COPYING / COPYRIGHT / COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE / COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE CENTER / COST STRUCTURES / COSTS SAVINGS / CREATIVE SOLUTIONS / CUSTOMS / DATA COMMUNICATION / DATA SERVICES / DEVELOPING COUNTRIES / DIGITAL / DOI / DOMAIN / Economic policy / ECONOMIES OF SCALE / EFFICIENT MARKETS / END USER / END USERS / EQUITY FINANCING / EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE / FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS / FINANCIAL RISKS / FINANCIAL SUPPORT / FORMATTING / FREQUENCY BAND / FUNCTIONALITY / GATEWAYS / GENERAL POPULATION / GLOBAL MARKETS / GOVERNMENT BUDGET / GOVERNMENT ENTITIES / GOVERNMENT REVENUES / GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT / GROWTH STRATEGIES / HIGH-SPEED / ICT / IMPLEMENTATION STAGES / INCOME / INFORMATICS / INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE / INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS / INNOVATIONS / INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES / INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK / INTANGIBLE / INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION / INTERNET ACCESS / ISPS / Lateinamerika / LIBERALIZATION / LICENSE / LICENSE FEE / LICENSES / LICENSING / Low income / Ländlicher Raum / Market / MARKET DOMINANCE / MARKET EFFICIENCY / MARKET FAILURES / MARKET SHARE / MATERIAL / MEDIA / MEDIUM ENTERPRISES / MOBILE NETWORK / MOBILE NETWORKS / MOBILE PHONE / MOBILE SERVICE / MOBILE SERVICES / MOBILE TELEPHONY / MOBILE TERMINALS / MOBILE USERS / MONOPOLIES / NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE / NETWORK SERVICES / NETWORKS / NEW TECHNOLOGIES / NEXT GENERATION / Niedrigeinkommen / OPEN ACCESS / OUTPUT / OUTPUTS / OUTSOURCING / PAPER REQUIREMENTS / PARTICULAR COUNTRY / PAYPHONES / PERSONAL COMPUTER / PHONE SERVICES / Poor / PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE / PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP / PRIVATE SECTOR / PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT / PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENTS / PRIVATIZATION / PRIVATIZATIONS / PRODUCTIVITY / PROGRAMS / PROTOCOL / PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION / PUBLIC FUNDS / PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP / PUBLISHING / PURCHASING POWER / QUALITY OF SERVICE / QUALITY OF SERVICES / QUERIES / RAPID GROWTH / REGULATOR / REGULATORS / REGULATORY AGENCIES / REGULATORY AGENCY / REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT / REGULATORY FRAMEWORK / REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS / RESULT / RESULTS / RETAIL SERVICES / REVENUE POTENTIAL / REVERSE AUCTION / REVERSE AUCTIONS / RURAL ACCESS / Rural areas / Rural development / RURAL ENTREPRENEURS / RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE / RURAL OPERATORS / RURAL TELECOMMUNICATION / RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS / RURAL TELEPHONES / SATELLITE / SAVINGS / SEARCH / SECONDARY MARKET / SERVICE DELIVERY / SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT / SUPERVISION / TARGETS / TAX / TAX CREDITS / TAX RATES / TELECENTERS / TELECOM / TELECOM SECTOR / TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANIES / Telecommunication policy / Telecommunication systems / TELECOMMUNICATIONS / TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES / TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY / TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK / TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS / TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROJECTS / TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATION / TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR / TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES / TELEDENSITY / Telekommunikationspolitik / TELEPHONE / TELEPHONE LINES / TELEPHONES / TELEPHONY SERVICES / TRAINING CENTERS / TRAINING PROGRAMS / TRANSACTION / TRANSACTION COSTS / TRANSPARENCY / TREASURY / UNIVERSAL ACCESS / UNIVERSAL ACCESS OBJECTIVES / UNIVERSAL ACCESS PROGRAMS / UNIVERSAL SERVICE / UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUNDS / UNIVERSAL SERVICE OBLIGATION / UNIVERSAL SERVICE OBLIGATIONS / USES / VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL / VOIP / WIRELESS / WIRELESS SERVICES / Öffentlich-private Partnerschaft
• ISBN: 0821381407, 9780821381403