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TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND UNIVERSAL SERVICE International Experience in the Context of South African Policy Reform Seán Ó Siochrú IDRC 1996 ISBN 0-88936-809-0 104 pp. The services delivered over telecommunications networks can provide enormous opportunities today: for education, for health care, for income generation, and for access to, and communication with, all levels of government. To benefit, countries must find ways to deliver such services to their entire populations in an affordable way and using technologies — and supporting systems — that enable effective use. This publication suggests some approaches to the delivery of universal service. What institutional, financial and technological arrangements have been tried elsewhere, and how successful have they been? Are they more effective with a monopoly or in a competitive environment? How does international experience compare with the efforts undertaken in South Africa? Telecommunications and Universal Service was prepared in the context of a national effort in South Africa to develop a telecommunications policy that would balance the aims of economic growth and social justice. It will be of interest to scholars, researchers, students, and practitioners in information sciences and development studies. THE AUTHOR Seán Ó Siochrú Research Director of NEXUS Research Cooperative in Ireland.
Foreword 1996 Preface 1996 Acknowledgments 1996 Chapter 1. Introduction 1996 Chapter 2. Provision of Universal Service: State Monopoly or Private Competition ? 1996 Chapter 3. Instruments, Measures, and Requirements for Universal Service 1996 Chapter 4. The Universal Service Agency: Some Conclusions 1996 Chapter 5. International Experience in Regulation and Universal Service 1996 Appendix A: Statistical Comparisons of Teledensity and Network Growth 1996 Appendix B: Tariff Averaging and Cross-Subsidization 1996 Appendix C: Universal Service or Telecommunications for Development ? 1996 References 1996 Résumé français 1996 |
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